Effects of Rhizobium Inoculation and P Fertilizer Levels on Selected Soil Properties, Yield, and Yield Components of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.): The Case of Abuna Gindeberat, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 16

The main effects of rhizobium inoculation and P fertilizer rates on harvest index.

Rhizobium strain	Harvest index
Fb17	38.9^b
Fb18	43.05^a
Mean	41.02
LSD (5%)	4.02
P level (kg/ha)
0	35.4^b
23	42.4^a
46	42.9^a
69	43.2^a
92	39.1^a
Mean	41.02
LSD (5%)	6.6
CV (%)	11.4

Means followed by the same letter within the same column of the respective treatment are not significantly different () according to least significant differences, FB = faba bean, CV = coefficient of variation, LSD = critical range.