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Table 3 Interaction effects of ginger varieties by cultural management practices on plant height and number of tillers per plant at Teppi and Jimma, Ethiopia, during the 2017 main cropping season

From: Yield loss of ginger (Zingiber officinale) due to bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) in different wilt management systems in Ethiopia

Treatment combination1

Growth parameters at Teppi

Growth parameters at Jimma

Plant height (cm)

Tiller number

Plant height (cm)

Tiller number

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Control

54.83i

55.03hi

8.9f

8.10f

55.9fg

53.3g

7.1fgh

6.8h

L

58.97ef

60.4de

10.7cd

9.5ef

67.3bc

60.7d

9.3bcd

9.2cd

F

58.66efg

59.53e

10.5cd

10.0de

59.7de

61.0d

7.5efg

7.4efgh

S

55.46hi

57.03fgh

9.2ef

10.0de

56.7f

56.9f

7.8e

6.9gh

L + F

63.93bc

64.9b

10.5cd

11.2bc

68.2abc

57.4ef

9.9b

9.2cd

L + S

62.36cd

63.86bc

10.6cd

11.9ab

70.2a

70.0a

7.5ef

9.8bc

F + S

56.66ghi

58.53efg

10.5cd

9.8de

57.9ef

66.7c

9.0d

7.1fgh

L + F + S

64.06bc

67.97a

11.6b

12.5a

69.2abc

69.8ab

9.7bc

10.9a

LSD (0.05)

ns

 

0.85

 

2.5

 

0.66

 

CV (%)

2.14

 

4.9

 

2.61

 

4.6

 
  1. 1L = lemon grass; F = fertilizer; S = soil solarization; L + F = lemon grass with fertilizer application; L + S = lemon grass application with soil solarization; F + S = fertilizer application with soil solarization; L + F + S = lemon grass application with fertilizer and soil solarization. ns nonsignificant. Means followed by same letter(s) within adjacent columns of same parameter under each variety are not significantly different at 5% level of significance