Growth and Yield Performance of Roselle Accessions as Influenced by Intercropping with Maize in the Guinea Savannah Ecology of Ghana

Table 3

Main effect of accession and cropping system on roselle growth and yield performance.

	NL	PH	SD	CDY	CYF	CFY	SDY	TDB	TSW
Accession
A1	120.00a	62.80b	0.22a	0.23a	9.32bc	1.77a	2.35a	3.02a	18.80ab
A2	185.40bc	85.40c	1.53b	0.48b	9.91b	3.53b	3.89bc	5.34	21.91b
A3	155.40b	49.90a	1.61b	0.27a	6.17a	2.28a	3.63b	4.57b	16.48a
Cropping system
IC	150.70a	66.70a	1.44a	0.37b	8.18a	2.67a	3.64b	4.81b	22.78b
S	156.60a	65.40a	1.46a	0.28a	8.75a	2.39a	2.94a	3.81a	15.35a
LSD	ns	ns	ns	0.06	ns	ns	0.57	0.79	2.81

A1 = Bissap; A2 = Local; A3 = Samadah; IC = intercrop; S = sole; CDY = calyx dry yield (t/ha); CYF = calyx yield fraction (%); CFY = calyx fresh yield (t/ha); SDY = shoot dry yield (t/ha), NL = number of leaves per plant (n); PH = plant height (cm); SD = stem diameter (cm); TDB = total aboveground dry biomass (t/ha); TSW = thousand seed weight (g); LSD = least significant difference; ns = not significant.