Productivity of Selected Cabbage Varieties under Varying Drip Irrigation Schedules in Humic Nitisols of Embu County, Kenya

Table 2

Growth and yield response of different cabbage varieties to different drip irrigation schedules.

Treatment	Factor	Season 1			Season 2
		Weeks to maturity	Heads/Ha	Yield (t ha^−1)	Weeks to maturity	Heads/Ha	Yield (t ha^−1)
Irrigation schedule	S1	9^c	29,815^a	67.58^a	9^c	31,296^a	64.99^a
	S2	11^b	27,778^a	53.05^b	11^b	29,444^ab	53.09^b
	S3	15^a	26,481^ab	43.75^c	13^a	29,259^ab	22.75^c
	S4	15^a	23,519^b	33.69^d	14^a	27,037^b	16.45^d
	LSD	1	3547	6.25	1	2817	5.95
Cabbage variety	Gloria	11^a	27,778^a	49.04^a	12^a	30,000^a	40.60^a
	Riana	12^a	27,083^a	51.49^a	12^a	29,167^a	41.01^a
	Triperio	12^a	25,833^a	48.02^a	12^a	28,611^a	36.35^a
	LSD	1	3072	5.41	1	2440	5.15
	R^2	0.81	0.51	0.89	0.79	0.46	0.94
	CoV	12.12	13.49	12.91	8.73	9.85	15.66
	Mean	12	26,898	49.52	12	29,259	39.32
	Interactions	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different. R²: coefficient of determination; CoV: coefficient of variation; NS: not significant.