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

Table 7

Influence of accession X location interaction on yield and yield components.

Accession	Location
	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)
	GSAE	SSAE	GSAE	SSAE	GSAE	SSAE	GSAE	SSAE	GSAE	SSAE	GSAE	SSAE
EYAS5	823.33	618.12	0.52	0.51	4.67	11.75	98.00	98.00	64.00	64.00	3.38	3.38
KPAS3	998.96	842.29	0.54	0.53	3.00	12.00	80.00	80.00	49.00	49.00	3.02	3.18
NAAS2	951.25	817.71	0.53	0.52	2.50	11.58	80.00	80.00	49.00	49.00	2.83	2.92
NFAS4	852.92	573.54	0.51	0.50	6.25	14.83	98.00	98.00	64.00	64.00	3.17	3.17
OUAS1	939.79	1090.42	0.51	0.50	4.17	9.42	75.00	75.00	45.00	45.00	3.21	3.36
Means	913.25	788.42	0.52	0.51	4.12	11.92	86.20	86.20	54.20	54.20	3.12	3.20
SEM	87.855		0.010		0.628		≤0.001		≤0.001		0.116
LSD (0.05)	247.258		0.029		1.768		≤0.001		≤0.001		0.326

SEM = Standard error of means.