Growth and Yield of Different Varieties of True Shallot Seed on Highland in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Table 1

Summary of variance analysis (F test) of the effect of various varieties on growth components, yield components, and yield of true shallot seed (TSS).

Variable	F-test values
Plant height	10.23
Leaf number per clump	5.58
Leaf number per bulb	3.43
Harvest age	1.00^ns
Bulb number per clump	2.41^ns
Bulb weight per clump	30.12
Weight per bulb	39.55
Bulb height	11.49
Bulb diameter	13.77
Wet biomass yield	25.41
Dry biomass yield	37.09
Shrinkage of biomass (wet biomass yield−dry biomass yield)	3.34
Shrinkage bulb (wet biomass yield−dry bulb yield)	7.52
Dry bulb yield	15.47

Note: ^nsnot significantly different, significantly different at 5% level, significantly different at 1% level.