Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana

Table 3

Analysis of variance for yield and yield components as influenced by accession, location, and accession x location interaction during the 2019 cropping season.

Source of variation	df	F probability (0.05)
		Number of leaves per plant	Plant height (cm)	Tiller number per plant	Leaf area (cm^2)	1000 grain weight (g)	Grain yield (kg/ha)	Panicle number per plant (PNP)	Lodging in Fonio (LG)
Accession	4	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.048	≤0.003	≤0.001	≤0.027
Location	1	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.433	≤0.027	≤0.001	≤1.000
Accession x location	4	≤0.651	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤1.000	≤0.150	≤0.013	≤0.150
Residual	80
Total	119
SEM		0.235	1.794	0.195	0.222	0.007	62.123	0.185	≤0.001
CV (%)		13.50	10.60	11.4	19.20	7.00	35.80	11.05	10.50

SEM = Standard error of means.