Research Article
Germplasm Bred for Resistance to Striga hermonthica Exhibited High Resistance Levels to Striga asiatica Compared to Commercial Checks
Table 2
Analysis of variance for maize traits recorded in a greenhouse experiment at the University of Zimbabwe.
| | Source of variation | Degrees of freedom | Height | Stem biomass | Leaf biomass | Cob biomass | Root biomass | Total biomass | Root to shoot |
| | Replication | 3 | 1727.2 | 175.5 | 414.5 | 1426.9 | 87.9 | 6376 | 0.06306 | | Replication block | 24 | 1650.2 | 237.8 | 450.3 | 657 | 152.4 | 2025 | 0.09027 | | Genotype | 13 | 1545.7 | 850.7 | 435.8 | 605.1 | 159.7 | 4789 | 0.30525 | | Striga | 1 | 68754.6 | 155.9 | 2897.5 | 4143.9 | 1978.8 | 39961 | 0.02291 | | Genotype × Striga | 13 | 4450.6 | 256.4 | 475.7 | 985.3 | 498.7 | 4036 | 0.10153 | | Residual | 57 | 682.1 | 126.8 | 318.4 | 595.4 | 103.6 | 1340 | 0.08627 | | Total | 111 | 2075.4 | 252.4 | 404.9 | 715.3 | 183.5 | 2692 | 0.11337 |
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Cob biomass residual degrees of freedom were 52. The symbols , , and represent significance at 0.5, 0.01, and 0.001 probability levels. |
