Research Article
Effect of Sorghum Mulches on Emergence and Seedling Growth of Beggarticks, Goose Grass, and Sesame
Table 4
Effect of soil incorporated sorghum biomass on the final emergence, shoot dry weight, and root dry weight of six sesame varieties.
| Sesame variety | Emergence (%) | Dry shoot weight (g) | Dry shoot weight (g) |
| Sesame varietal effect | IETC | 18.3a | 0.798 | 0.211 | Brown Zimbabwe | 39.6b | 1.205 | 0.298 | Ziada 94 | 40.0b | 1.221 | 0.241 | Lindi 02 | 35.0b | 0.946 | 0.259 | Mtwara 09 | 46.2bc | 1.165 | 0.411 | Lindi Zimbabwe | 56.7c | 1.444 | 0.220 | value | <0.001 | 0.063 | 0.340 | LSD | 14.15 | ns | ns | CV% | 63.0 | 73.7% | 126.8% | Sorghum residue level effects | Biomass amount | Emergence (%) | Dry shoot weight (g) | Dry root weight (g) | 0 (control) | 26.9a | 0.649a | 0.133a | 10.5 | 38.6b | 1.205b | 0.298ab | 18.4 | 38.6b | 1.221b | 0.199bc | 27.7 | 53.1c | 1.634c | 0.434c | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 | LSD | 11.55 | 0.4047 | 0.1571 | CV% | 63.0 | 73.7 | 126.8 |
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Means followed by the same letter in the column are not significantly different at . |