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Table 3 Mean squares from ten traits of 36 tef genotypes evaluated at three locations in the central highlands of Ethiopia in 2013

From: Grain yield variation and association of major traits in brown-seeded genotypes of tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)Trotter]

Traits

Location (L)

Replication

Genotypes (G)

Block (rep)

L × G

Error

Mean

CV

 

(DF = 2)

(DF = 1)

(DF = 35)

(DF = 10)

(DF = 70)

(DF = 97)

 

(%)

DPE

2335.37**

0.667 ns

24.04**

3.92 ns

3.65*

2.35

60.40

2.54

DM

15708.3 9**

0.907 ns

29.68**

3.92 ns

16.24**

3.08

118.64

1.48

GFP

6316.51**

0.907 ns

10.30**

5.73 ns

18.76**

4.70

58.28

1.48

PH

855.04* *

31.97 ns

139.26**

9.21 ns

23.18**

5.40

86.32

2.69

PL

655.68**

1.74 ns

25.92**

2.56 ns

4.97**

2.93

30.90

5.54

CL

2387.19**

25.01 ns

55.24**

3.64 ns

13.37**

2.93

55.37

3.09

SB

5111.44**

101.75 ns

190.86**

8.09 ns

178.16**

6.27

91.86

2.73

GY

904. 12**

8.58 ns

26.41**

0.86 ns

12.36**

1.14

22.35

4.79

HI

0.0989**

0.00005 ns

0.0015**

0.00008 ns

0.0009**

0.00011

0.244

4.23

LI

6453.34**

9.80 ns

90.80**

9.74 ns

62.60*

38.65

4.23

7.20

  1. CL culm length (cm), DM days to maturity (days), DPE days to panicle emergence (days), GFP grain filling period (days), GY grain yield (t/ha), HI harvest index (%), LI lodging index (%), PH plant height (cm), PL panicle length (cm), SB shoot biomass (t/ha)
  2. * and ** significant at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively