Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Mean squares of the combined ANOVA for grain yield, components of yield, stem rust, and yellow rust disease severity for the 15 bread wheat genotypes tested across three locations.

Traits	MS of replication (df = 2)	MS of genotypes (df = 14)	MS of location (df = 2)	MS of (df = 28)	MS of error (df = 84)	CV (%)
DH	17.5	104.1	992.3	15.8 ns	12	4.7
DM	8.5	95.8	8686	12.4 ns	12	3.1
PH	11.3	232.6	3362	38.5	11.7	3.8
TNT	0.4	0.7	147.3	1.2	0.3	9.7
ENT	0.4	0.6	135.2	1.1	0.3	10
SL	0.4	3.8	10.3	0.4 ns	0.4	7.4
SPS	62.6	51.4	975.0	65.4	21.9	10.1
SR	1.9	15.9	2.5 ns	0.6 ns	0.9	40.5
YR	2	5.5	8.8	1.1 ns	0.8	47.8
ABM	2.3	9.5	203.7	5.6	2	6.4
GY	0.1	1.4	37.3	0.8	0.3	15.2
TSW	34	68.3	215.5	23.9	12.1	8.9
HI	15.8	134.8	1034	87.2	22.9	10.7

MS—mean square, df—degree of freedom, CV—coefficient of variation, —genotype-by-location interaction effect, significant at , significant at , ns—nonsignificant, DH—days to heading, DM—days to maturity, PH—plant height (cm), TNT—-number of tillers/plant, ENT-—number of effective tillers/plant, SL—spike length (cm), SPS—number of seeds/spike, SR—stem rust (scale), YR—yellow rust (scale), ABM—biomass yield (t/ha), GY—grain yield (t/ha), TSW—thousand seed weight (g), HI—harvest index.