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 7

Effect of rhizobium strain and P fertilizer on exchangeable acidity and basic cations.

Rhizobium strain	Exchangeable acid	Exchangeable bases (cmol (+) (kg^−1)
	cmol (+) (kg^−1)	K	Ca	Mg	Na
Fb17	0.86^b	0.51^b	11.26^a	3.35^b	0.0254
Fb18	1.093^a	0.56^a	12.68^b	3.74^a	0.0254
LSD (%)	0.046	0.031	0.39	0.26	NS
CV (%)	9.2	7.56	6	9.85	8.34
P2O5(kgha^−1)
0	1.088	0.52	11.21	3.52	0.0248
23	1.094	0.53	11.26	3.27	0.0248
46	1.102	0.537	11.32	3.51	0.0255
69	1.112	0.54	11.46	3.69	0.0257
92		0.56	11.89	3.71	0.0247
LSD (%)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
CV (%)	5	0.057	1.25	0.46	1.03

Means followed by the same letter within the same column are not significantly different () according to least significant difference, CD = critical difference, NS = nonsignificant, FB = faba bean.