Table 4: Interaction effect of plant spacing and NP fertilizer rate on the speed of germination of Bombay Red onion variety grown at Shewa Robit.

Spacing (cm) Fertilizer Rates (P2O5 and N kg ha-1)
0 x 0 86.25 x 85.5 115 x 114 143.6 x 142.5 69 x 142
10 x 20 x 40 28.65 cdef 26.75 ghijk 29.67abc 26.25efghij 24.57m
20 x 30 x 50 30.03 ab 27.56 efgh 25.07lm 28.68 bcdef 27.00 ghij
10 x 40 28.57cdef 27.35fghi 28.00 defg 26.03 ijkl 30.20a
10 x 50 27.71 efg 26.31hijkl 29.06 abcd 25.86 jklm 29.17 abcd
10 x 30 29.31abcd 25.49 klm 25.72 jklm 28.55 cdef 28.83 bcde
LSD (5%) = 0.6033
CV (%) = 3.0

LSD (5%) = Least Significant Difference at P=0.05, CV (%) = Coefficient of Variation in percent, ns= non-significant. Means in rows and columns with the same letter(s) in each treatment are not significantly different.