Agro-Morphological Characterization of Kenyan Slender Leaf (Crotalaria brevidens and C. ochroleuca) Accessions

Table 3

Means of quantitative growth and yield variables of selected slender leaf accessions.

S/no.	Accession code	Plant height (cm)	Branch number	Leaf area index	Petiole length (cm)	Pod width (cm)	Pod length (cm)	Pods/plant	Seeds/pod	1000 seed wgt (g)	Days to 50% flowering	Days to maturity
1	BHM198	85.73	9.08	9.58^ab	4.11	1.76^ab	5.63	13.69	88.05	6.87bc	73.66^a	113.66^a
2	BHM213	73.91	6.95	11.10^ab	4.06	1.66^ab	5.42	14.97	99.55	6.60bc	68.33^ab	113.00^a
3	BKK091	73.07	7.56	9.24^ab	3.78	1.83^ab	5.33	14.50	88.38	5.70bc	72.33^a	113.33^a
4	BKK129	75.42	6.56	9.46^ab	3.58	1.66^ab	5.48	12.70	92.77	5.61bc	74.33^a	115.00^a
5	BKS220	69.55	7.33	9.30^ab	3.81	1.25^b	5.06	17.70	78.44	6.00bc	64.00^b	105.60^ab
6	BKM197	77.41	9.92	12.02^ab	3.90	1.41^ab	5.16	14.49	66.11	6.35bc	71.00^ab	104.83^ab
7	BKM203	70.88	8.08	10.49^ab	4.35	1.69^ab	5.50	15.25	93.22	7.50b	74.33^a	115.33^a
8	BMG234	83.09	9.63	11.93^ab	4.15	1.70^ab	5.47	11.87	88.11	7.28b	71.33^ab	111.66^a
9	BMG239	72.52	8.06	9.08^ab	3.85	1.30^ab	5.19	12.79	73.38	6.18bc	68.83^ab	111.16^a
10	BSY111	90.87	7.01	11.16^ab	4.20	1.85^ab	5.58	14.02	96.27	7.43b	73.33^a	117.00^a
11	BSY113	72.02	8.65	7.17^b	3.40	1.48^ab	5.18	17.80	77.72	5.44c	70.00^ab	111.33^a
12	BVG001	70.23	7.25	10.35^ab	3.80	1.04^b	5.30	14.16	79.61	5.84bc	68.00^ab	101.00^ab
13	BVG004	76.37	8.93	9.74^ab	4.05	1.43^ab	5.44	17.56	80.72	6.54bc	70.67^ab	103.66^a
14	MBG086	76.44	7.56	11.35^ab	3.88	1.71^ab	5.62	14.53	71.05	6.23bc	72.00^ab	107.60^ab
15	MBS064	73.97	9.53	10.11^ab	3.87	1.70^ab	5.55	15.31	91.05	6.19bc	72.33^a	110.00^a
16	MBS065	73.28	7.57	9.11^ab	4.07	1.60^ab	5.44	9.71	92.94	6.82bc	71.00^ab	111.00^a
17	MHM207	84.11	9.87	10.90^ab	3.99	1.85^ab	5.87	15.39	90.44	6.37bc	74.33^a	116.33^a
18	MHM215	80.13	7.85	11.07^ab	4.06	1.78^ab	5.47	15.29	81.99	6.56bc	70.67^ab	113.50^a
19	MKK011	86.27	6.46	12.19^ab	4.16	1.74^ab	5.73	15.96	91.44	7.36b	73.66^a	112.60^a
20	MKS221	62.18	8.22	12.54^a	4.59	1.53^ab	5.25	17.66	87.66	7.84a	71.67^ab	110.33^a
21	MKS226	82.25	9.33	10.65^ab	4.07	1.78^ab	5.62	13.10	83.66	6.61bc	74.00^a	114.00^a
22	MKM204	76.55	8.60	10.17^ab	3.84	1.71^ab	5.55	15.07	88.83	6.06bc	67.67^ab	112.00^a
23	MKM218	78.47	8.76	10.55^ab	3.71	1.67^ab	5.63	15.31	91.77	5.68bc	74.33^a	106.00^ab
24	MMG029	65.41	7.65	8.82^ab	3.81	1.25^b	5.13	15.38	82.05	5.98bc	67.00^ab	95.00^b
25	MMG234	75.29	8.00	10.38^ab	4.15	2.20^a	5.48	10.97	93.16	7.03bc	70.67^ab	112.30^a
26	MSY110	70.49	8.20	9.63^ab	4.10	1.69^ab	5.43	12.91	82.33	6.86bc	68.33^ab	111.33^a
27	MSY216	72.03	8.78	10.65^ab	3.95	1.42^ab	5.16	15.76	76.61	6.37bc	71.66^ab	106.00^ab
28	MVG003	81.02	8.16	12.9^a	3.89	1.83^ab	5.55	12.87	85.50	6.30bc	72.00^ab	114.33^a
29	MVG125	75.19	8.98	10.57^ab	3.84	1.83^ab	5.20	18.00	88.83	6.18bc	68.83^ab	112.33^a
		0.079^NS	0.092^NS	0.034	0.151^NS	0.004	0.168^NS	0.911^NS	0.128^NS	0.012	<0.0001	0.002
	Standard error	5.233	0.800	0.970	0.202	0.161	0.175	2.550	6.734	0.449	1.591	3.318

Means with the same letter within the column are not significantly different. Significant at 5%; significant at 1%; significant at 0.1%; NS: not significant; The accessions whose code starts with letter B belongs to C. brevidens while those whose code starts with letter M belongs to C. ochroleuca.