RESPONSES OF FABA BEAN (Vicia faba L.) TO PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER RATES AND PLANT POPULATION AT HARAMAYA EASTERN HARARGHE, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract:

A field experiment was conducted to study the responses of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to phosphorus fertilizer rates and plant population at Haramaya University, Rare research site during 2019/2020 cropping season. Factorial combinations of four phosphorus (P2O5) levels (0, 23, 46, and 69 kg/ha) and six plant populations (133,333; 166,667; 200,000; 222,222; 250,000 and 300,000 plants ha-1 respectively were tested. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) replicated three times. Improved faba bean variety (Gachena) was used as a test crop. Phenological parameters, growth, yield and yield components were measured and analyzed using ANOVA. Treatment means with significant differences were separated using least significant difference (LSD) test at 5% probability level. There was highly significant (P