Effect of rhizobial inoculants on yield and yield components of faba bean (Vicia fabae L.) on vertisol of Wereillu District, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Table 5 Effects of rhizobium inoculation on yield related parameters of faba bean (plant height (cm), biomass weight (kg ha⁻¹), plant dry weight (g/plant), number of pod/plants, 100 seed weight(g) and number of seed/pod)

Strains	Plant height	Number of pod/plants	Plant dry weight	Number of seed/pods	100 seed weight	Biomass weight
0 EAL	51.600^b	19.400^b	8.013^b	2.1333^b	51.600^b	7327^c
EAL 17	56.533^a,b	24.467^a	9.473^a,b	2.2667^a,b	54.400^a,b	8329^bc
EAL 18	61.733^a	24.200^a,b	10.610^a	2.4667^a	56.400^a	10277^a
EAL 1035	59.200^a	25.000^a	9.347^a,b	2.4000^a,b	56.467^a	9361^a,b
LSD (0.05)	5.2662	4.8597	2.5721	0.2746	3.7855	1270.9
CV	4.60	10.45	13.75	5.93	3.46	7.21
SE ( ±)	1.5218	1.4044	0.7433	0.0793	1.0939	367.27

Means with the same letter are not significant
Where EAL Ethiopian Agricultural Legumes, CV Coefficient of variation, LSD Least significant difference, SE standard error

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