Response of Malt Barley (Hordeum Distichum L) Varieties to Different Row Spacing under Contrasted Environments of North Gondar, Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean squares of ANOVA for the effect of variety, inter-row spacing. and location on DH, DM, PH, SL, ET, NPKS, TKW, BY, GY, and SY of malt barley at Debark, north Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2019.

Parameters	Mean square and significance level of the parameters for each source of variations							R^2
	R; DF = 2	L; DF = 1	V; DF = 5	INR; DF = 2	V^∗ IRS; DF = 10	L^∗V^∗ IRS; DF = 10	Error; DF = 70
DH	2.9	11142.7	187.7	1.3^ns	8.8	6.8	6.8	0.98
DM	10.11	8983.56	812.68	18.36^ns	9.06^ns	7.04^ns	7.98	0.95
PH	55.53	2628.28	793.14	113.78^ns	55.53^ns	83.73^ns	81.67	0.60
SL	0.23288	7.54196	1.87862	0.1504^ns	0.17772^ns	0.49823	0.14947	0.773133
ET	359.7	46691.8	806.4	2491.7	280.4	200.4^ns	112.4	0.900705
NKPS	12.8744	25.0370	44.1713	3.6700^ns	3.0547^ns	1.8304^ns	0.88	0.650163
TKW	33.427	7.895^ns	128.265	58.942	10.361	1.608^ns	3.667	0.786590
BY	3972286	19783032	247689	38081408	10534251	10696897	856034	0.976466
GY	23639.9	54212960.49	1944383	1079136	984825	1092314	37744	0.975439
SY	3437074	1377536265	18270389	27291718	6833453	5936810	866859	0.966151

R = replication, L = location, V = variety, INR = inter-row spacing, DH = days to heading, DM = days to maturity, PH = plant height, SL = spike length, ET = effective tiller, NKPS = number of kernels per spike, TKW = thousand kernel weight, BY = biological yield, GY = grain yield, SY = straw yield, DF = degrees of freedom; NS, , and : nonsignificant, significantly different at 5%, and 1%, respectively, according to the LSD test.