Evaluating Performance of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Genotypes in Different Growing Seasons in Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Combined mean squares for different agronomic traits of sesame genotypes.

Source of variation	d.f.	Yield	DF	DM	BPP	LPBZ	PH	PPP	SPP	TSW
Replication	2	5476	10.3	5.28	0.66	148.6	8.6	29.15	22.9	0.06
Genotype	11	94028	10.7	7.613	1.1	695.3	603.9	121	83.3	0.09
Year	2	1166827	1080.3	1261.8	37.2	5396.3	11895.6	1951.2	69.4	0.006ns
Gen × year	22	28127	2.7	6.9	0.8	230.3ns	332.2	117.1	35.3	0.071
Residual	70	7079	1.21	1.16	0.25	141.4	159	37.15	17.5	0.02

ns: nonsignificant; significant (); highly significant at ;highly significant at ; d.f.: degree of freedom; DF: days to 50% flowering; DM: days to 50% maturity; BPP: number of branches per plant; LPBZ: length of the pod-bearing zone (cm); PH: plant height (cm); PPP: pods per plant; SPP: seeds per pod; TSW: thousand seed weight (gram).