Table 4: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and comparison of 6-year (2010/11 to 2015/16) means of yield, yield components and quality traits of faba bean as influenced by treatments and interactions between them.

Treatment N° plant m-2 Yield
(kg ha-1)		 Straw
(kg ha-1)		 HI (%) Humidity (%) Hectoliter Weight (kg/hl) 100-Seed Weight
(g)		 Protein (%)
Tillage *** ** ns ns ns ns * *
Conventional (CT) 30 a 3029.7 a 5702.5 0.35 8.4 79.5 55.2 a 25.8 a
Reduced (RT) 31 a 2768.4 b 5424.9 0.34 8.4 79.4 53.8 b 25.4 b
No-Tillage (NT) 26 b 2986.6 a 5584.7 0.35 8.5 79.6 53.6 b 25.8 a
Year *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
2011 28 c 1332.8 e 2542.1 d 0.34 c 9.7 a 77.3 c 49.4 d 23.8 c
2012 33 a 2476.9 d 5027.8 c 0.33 c 6.7 f 79.4 b 46.5 e 27.5 a
2013 29 bc 3047.4 c 4930.6 c 0.38 b 8.4 d 79.1 b 50.0 d 26.1 b
2014 30 b 3474.6 b 8866.7 a 0.28 d 7.6 e 78.8 b 68.4 a 27.5 a
2015 34 a 4583.9 a 5223.5 c 0.47 a 9.4 b 81.6 a 53.3 c 23.5 c
2016 22 d 2653.8 d 6833.3 b 0.28 d 9.1 c 81.0 a 57.7 b 25.8 b
Mean 29.2 2928.2 5570.7 0.35 8.4 79.5 54.2 25.7
Interaction
Year x Tillage *** *** *** *** *** ns ** **

*P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01 and ***P ≤ 0.001; Data followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 significant level as determined by Least Significant Difference test (LSD)