Research Article
Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana
Table 5
Effect of location on growth and yield parameters.
| | Agronomic trait | Location | Means | SEM | LSD (0.05) | | GSAE | SSAE |
| | Grain yield (kg/ha) | 913.25 | 788.42 | 850.835 | 39.290 | 110.577 | | Leaf area (cm2) | 5.21 | 6.12 | 5.665 | 0.140 | 0.395 | | Number of leaves per plant | 8.01 | 9.09 | 8.550 | 0.149 | 0.418 | | Plant height (cm) | 74.10 | 91.11 | 82.605 | 1.135 | 3.193 | | Panicle number per plant (PNP) | 4.12 | 11.92 | 8.020 | 0.562 | 0.790 | | Basal leaf sheath color (BLSC) | 2.47 | 2.40 | 2.435 | 0.024 | 0.066 | | Number racemes per panicle (NRP) | 3.12 | 3.20 | 3.160 | 0.052 | 0.146 | | Days to 50% flowering | 54.20 | 54.20 | 54.200 | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | | 1000 grain weight (g) | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.515 | 0.005 | 0.013 | | Days to physiological maturity | 86.20 | 86.20 | 86.200 | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | | Tiller number per plant (TNP) | 7.53 | 9.20 | 8.365 | 0.123 | 0.347 | | Lodging in Fonio (LG) | 3.63 | 3.65 | 3.64 | ≤0.001 | 0.030 |
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GSAE = Guinea savannah agroecology; SSAE = Sudan savannah agroecology; SEM = standard error of means.
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