Integrating inorganic NP application and Bradyrhizobium inoculation to minimize production cost of peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) in eastern Ethiopia

Table 4 Effect of nitrogen, phosphorus and Bradyrhizobium application on grain yield, plant tissue N accumulation and shelling percentage of peanut at Babile and Fedis experimental sites

Treatment	Grain yield		Plant N		Shelling %
Treatment	Babile	Fedis	Babile	Fedis	Babile	Fedis
Nitrogen (kg N/ha)
0	1148.14ab	2242.87a	2.7817b	2.7128a	67.31a	75.02a
20	1222.12a	2351.68a	2.7694b	2.6433b	74.54a	76.94a
40	1088.71b	2318.00a	2.9700a	2.5750c	70.08a	74.77a
LSD (P < 0.05)	80.67	146.76	0.0738	0.0559	9.14	6.29
P value	**	ns	***	**	ns	ns
Phosphorus (kg P₂O⁵/ha)
0	1116.64b	2245.88b	2.7933b	2.6617a	71.57a	72.11a
30	1107.83b	2446.05a	2.8378ab	2.6640a	71.37a	77.16a
60	1234.50a	2220.62b	2.8900a	2.6056b	68.98a	77.45a
LSD (P < 0.05)	80.67	146.76	0.0738	0.0559	9.14	6.29
P value	***	**	*	*	ns	ns
Bradyrhizobium inoculation
Inoculated	1161.41a	2293.71a	2.8844a	2.6133b	75.06a	73.96a
Uninoculated	1144.57a	2314.65a	2.7963b	2.6741a	66.22b	77.20a
LSD (P < 0.05)	54.65	99.43	0.05	0.0379	6.19	4.26
P value	ns	ns	**	***	**	ns
Mean	1152.99	2304.18	2.8404	2.6437	70.64	75.58
CV (%)	8.59	7.82	3.19	2.60	15.88	10.21

Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level by Tukey’s test
ns nonsignificant, GY grain yield (kg/ha), Plant N plant tissue N accumulation at late flowering stage (%)
* Significant at 0.05; ** significant at 0.01; *** significant at 0.001

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