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 3

Main effect of strain and P fertilizer on bulk density, total porosity, and pH of soil.

Rhizobium strain	Bulk density	Porosity (%)	Soil pH
Fb17	1.27^a	48.8^b	5.48^b
Fb18	1.22^b	51.8^a	5.51^a
Mean	1.24	50.3	5.49
LSD (5%)	0.016	1.27	0.69
P level (kg/ha)
0	1.28	48.8	5.29^b
23	1.27	49.7	5.48^ab
46	1.24	50.7	5.51^ab
69	1.23	50.9	5.53^a
92	1.20	51.5	5.54^a
Mean	1.24	50.32	5.49
LSD (5%)	NS	NS	0.069
CV (%)	1.41	3.2	1.22

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