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 2
Main effect of the seed rate and method of sowing on plant height, panicle length, total tillers, productive tillers, main panicle seed weight, and harvest index of teff.
Treatments
Plant height (cm)
Panicle length (cm)
Total tillers plant−1
Productive tillers plant−1
Main panicle seed weight (g)
Harvest index (%)
Thousand-seed weight (g)
Seeding rate (kg/ha)
10
118.6a
48.7a
7.2a
6.6a
9.2a
27.2a
0.3233a
15
118.8a
46.9ab
4.8b
4.5b
7.5 b
20.8b
0.2983ab
20
113.4b
46b
4.4c
3.9c
7.2bc
23.7ab
0.2700bc
25
111.7b
45b
3.5c
3.2c
5.8c
23.1b
0.2566c
LSD (0.05)
3.8
2.7
1.11
0.96
1.4
3.8
0.037
Methods of sowing
Broadcasting
113.3b
44.3b
3.9b
3.5b
6.7b
21.6b
0.263b
Row
117.9a
49.0a
6.1a
5.7a
8.2a
25.8a
0.311a
LSD (0.05)
2.7
1.9
0.79
0.68
1.00
0.027
0.0261
CV (%)
2.63
4.59
17.99
17.00
15.43
12.86
10.40
Means with the same superscript letter within a column do not differ significantly at 0.05 probability level according to Fisher’s LSD.