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Table 4 Interaction effects of ginger varieties by cultural management practices on number of fingers per rhizome and yield 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

Ginger yield parameters at Teppi

Ginger yield parameters at Jimma

Finger per rhizome

Yield (t ha−1)

Finger per rhizome

Yield (t ha−1)

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Local

Boziab

Control

5.1fgh

5.0fgh

7.1g

7.7f

3.2f

3.3f

8.3e

8.4e

L

6.1cde

6.6bc

11.2d

11.7d

5.9d

7.4b

11.3cd

14.0b

F

5.9de

4.4h

11.3d

11.4d

5.4de

5.0e

9.0e

11.4cd

S

4.6h

5.5ef

8.3e

8.6e

3.6f

3.4f

9.1e

9.1e

L + F

5.9de

6.7bc

13.1c

13.5c

5.4de

6.6c

13.7b

14.5b

L + S

5.5efg

6.5bcd

11.5d

13.2c

5.2e

6.5c

11.1d

14.1b

F + S

4.8gh

5.6ef

8.5e

11.5d

5.4de

4.9e

11.8cd

11.0d

L + F + S

6.9b

7.7a

14.6b

16.0a

5.8d

9.2a

12.2c

16.5a

LSD (0.05)

0.74

 

0.59

 

0.59

 

0.96

 

CV (%)

7.7

 

3.2

 

6.6

 

5.0

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