Intercropping and Rhizobium Inoculation Affected Microclimate and Performance of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties
Table 4
Main effects of spatial arrangement on soil temperature (oC), soil moisture content, and leaf temperature (oC) at different time intervals of common bean.
Treatments
Parameters
Soil temperature (oC)
Soil moisture content (%)
Leaf temperature (oC)
Variety
8:00 am
11:00 am
3:00 pm
28.61a
8:00 am
11:00 am
3:00 pm
Nassir
18.06a
9.79a
22.57a
20.72a
25.11a
28.69a
Hawassa Dume
17.82a
19.55a
22.23a
29.25a
20.95a
25.44a
28.46a
Spatial arrangement
Sole
18.96a
20.80a
25.40a
23.53b
22.30a
28.06a
31.95a
M1:1CB
17.32b
19.13b
20.96b
31.19a
20.05b
23.90b
26.76b
M1:2CB
17.54b
19.06b
20.84b
31.22a
20.17b
23.86b
27.02b
Inoculation
Inoculated
18.01a
19.88a
22.38a
29.16a
20.85a
25.60a
28.61a
Uninoculated
17.98a
19.66a
22.42a
28.95a
20.82a
24.95a
28.55a
LSD (0.05)
0.81
0.78
1.03
2.66
0.89
2.08
1.18
CV %
2.64
2.34
2.49
5.76
1.69
4.38
2.53
Means followed by the same letter in each treatment and parameter are not significantly different at < 0.05 level of significance.
