Research Article
Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana
Table 4
Effect of accession on yield and yield components.
| | Accession | Agronomic trait | | Grain yield (kg/ha) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Panicle number per plant (PNP) | Days to physiological maturity | Days to 50% flowering | Number racemes per panicle (NRP) |
| | EYAS5 | 720.73 | 0.51 | 8.21 | 98.00 | 64.00 | 3.38 | | KPAS3 | 920.62 | 0.53 | 7.50 | 80.00 | 49.00 | 3.10 | | NAAS2 | 884.48 | 0.52 | 7.04 | 80.00 | 49.00 | 2.88 | | NFAS4 | 713.23 | 0.51 | 10.54 | 98.00 | 64.00 | 3.17 | | OUAS1 | 1015.10 | 0.51 | 6.79 | 75.00 | 45.00 | 3.28 | | Means | 850.83 | 0.52 | 8.02 | 86.20 | 54.20 | 3.16 | | SEM | 62.123 | 0.007 | 0.444 | 5.000 | 7.000 | 0.082 | | LSD (0.05) | 174.838 | 0.029 | 1.250 | 9.500 | 8.400 | 0.231 | | CV (%) | 35.8 | 7.0 | 27.1 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 12.7 |
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SEM = Standard error of means.
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