Table 2: Effects of increasing rates of N and P on plant height, number of leaves, leaf length and diameter of onion grown at Menschen fÜr Menschen Demonstration Site Harar, ETHIOPIA.

Treatments

Plant height
(centimeter)

Leaves per plant

Leaf length
(centimeter)

Leaf diameter (centimeter)

Control

25.91

4.26

28

7.8

50 kg ha-1 N Source of Urea

 

28.62

 

4.66

 

29.73

 

7.76

75 kg ha-1 P Source of DAP

 

24.22

 

4.33

 

27.16

 

7.973

50 kg ha-1 N &75 kg ha-1 P Source of Urea& DAP

 

26.46

 

4.13

 

27.4

 

7.74

SE(±)

0.78

0.14

0.33

0.32

SD(±)

1.1

0.2

0.46

0.46

CV (%)

5.19

5.63

2.01

0.72

LSD (5%)

2.69

0.49

1.12

1.13