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

Table 8

Farmers’ preference ranking matrix summary sheet for OPV maize varieties in 2017.

Varieties	Weighted means of farmers selection attributes							Total	Mean	Rank
	NC	BT	UM	HTC	CL	ER	SST
Melkasa-7	4.2	3.4	3.35	2.2	2.2	4.5	1.95	21.8	3.11	3
Melkassa-6Q	2.75	2.55	2.55	3.3	3.1	2.15	3.2	19.6	2.8	4
Melkasa-4	3.65	4	4	2.65	2.85	3.95	2.95	24.05	3.44	1
Gibie-3	2.7	2.5	2.5	4.2	4.25	2.5	4.2	22.85	3.26	2
Melkasa-2	2.15	2.65	2.65	2.7	2.9	3.1	2.85	19	2.71	5

Where NC = number of cobs, BT = beer tip, UM = uniformity, HTC = husk tip coverage, CL = cob length, ER = earliness, SST = stalk strength.