Research Article
Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana
Table 2
Effect of accession on shoot growth, leaf development, and lodging phenomenon in Fonio.
| | Accession | Agronomic trait | | Plant height (cm) | Tiller number per plant (TNP) | Leaf area (cm2) | Number of leaves per plant (NLP) | Basal leaf sheath color (BLSC) | Lodging in Fonio (LG) |
| | EYAS5 | 92.94 | 9.26 | 8.23 | 10.07 | 2.00 | 2.88 | | KPAS3 | 72.66 | 7.27 | 4.04 | 7.58 | 3.00 | 3.79 | | NAAS2 | 76.75 | 7.44 | 3.99 | 7.40 | 2.17 | 4.04 | | NFAS4 | 93.79 | 10.18 | 8.28 | 10.31 | 2.00 | 2.75 | | OUAS1 | 76.89 | 7.69 | 3.80 | 7.40 | 3.00 | 4.75 | | Means | 82.61 | 8.37 | 5.67 | 8.55 | 2.43 | 3.64 | | SEM | 1.794 | 0.195 | 0.222 | 0.235 | 0.037 | 0.092 | | LSD (0.05) | 5.049 | 0.549 | 0.624 | 0.661 | 0.105 | 0.139 | | CV (%) | 10.6 | 11.4 | 19.2 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
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SEM = Standard error of means.
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