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 8

Main effects of strain and P fertilizer on 50% days to flowering, pod setting, and 90% day to physiological maturity.

Rhizobium strain	Days of 50% flowering	Days of 50% pod setting	90% maturity
Fb17	64.9	80.5^a	124.9
Fb18	64.5	78^b	125
Mean	64.7	79.2	124.95
LSD (5%)	NS	1.9	NS
P level (kg/ha)
0	69.17^a	83.3^a	130.7^a
23	66.5^b	79^bc	127.8^b
46	64.6^c	76.7^c	125^c
69	62.8^d	81.1^ab	121.8^d
92	60.5^e	76.2^c	119.5^e
Mean	64.7	79.26	124.97
LSD (5%)	1.09	3.03	1.83
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 = least significant differences, FB = faba bean, CV = coefficient of variation, LSD = critical range, P = phosphorous.