Participatory Evaluation of Open Pollinated Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties for Green Cob Production Under Irrigation in the North Shewa Lowlands, Ethiopia

Table 4

Mean morphological and yield-related performance of open-pollinated maize varieties in 2017.

Varieties	Days to anthesis	Days to silking	Plant height (cm)	Cob length (cm)	Cob diameter (cm)	Number cobs ha^−1
Melkasa-7	49^c	52^bc	174	16	4.54	40482
Melkasa-6Q	58^ab	61^a	186	16	4.93	43210
Melkasa-4	54^b	58a^b	174	17	4.67	41975
Gibe-3	60^a	64^a	206	19	4.87	39638
Melkasa-5	44^d	51^c	162	16	4.53	42593
Melkasa-2	58^ab	62^a	203	18	4.76	40124
Local	58^ab	61^a	201	17	4.78	41315
Mean	54.4	58.4	186.6	17.1	4.7	41333
CV	4	6.5	10.3	7.8	4.2	3.6
LSD (0.05)	3.88	6.77	34.3	2.38	0.35	2737

CV = coefficient of variance; LSD = least significant difference at ();  = significant difference at ; significant values are assigned with different letters. Similar letters indicate no significant difference between varieties; the letters are ordered alphabetically from high to low scores.