Table 3: Effects of increasing rates of N and P on neck thickness, split bulbs, bulb diameter and length of onion grown in Menschen fÜr Menschen Demonstration Site, Harar ETHIOPIA.

Treatments

Neck thickness
(centimeter)

Bulb diameter
(centimeter)

Bulb length
(centimeter)

Control

3.8

7

6

50 kg ha-1 N Source of Urea

 

4.03

 

8.73

 

5.13

75 kg ha-1 P Source of DAP

 

3.73

 

6.17

 

7.73

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

 

3.74

 

6.4

 

5.4

SE(±)

0.06

0.33

0.33

SD(±)

0.08

0.26

0.46

CV (%)

2.62

7.99

9.31

LSD (5%)

0.19

0.64

1.13