Response of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter) to Seeding Rate and Methods of Sowing on Yield and Yield Attributes in a Subhumid Environment, Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Main effect of the seeding rate and methods of sowing on days to 50% panicle emergence, days to 90% physiological maturity, and lodging index of teff crop.

Treatments	Days to 50% panicle emergence	Days to 90% physiological maturity	Lodging index
Seeding rate (kg/ha)
10	51^a	93^a	47^a
15	50^ab	89^ab	44^ab
20	48^bc	87^b	39^b
25	47^c	86^b	39^b
LSD (0.05)	2	5	8
Methods of sowing
Broad casting	48^b	88	42
Row	50^a	90	43
LSD (0.05)	1.6	NS	NS
CV (%)	3.63	4.22	14.51

Means with the same superscript letter within a column do not statistically differ at 0.05 probability level according to Fisher’s LSD.