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	18.3^a	0.798	0.211
Brown Zimbabwe	39.6^b	1.205	0.298
Ziada 94	40.0^b	1.221	0.241
Lindi 02	35.0^b	0.946	0.259
Mtwara 09	46.2^bc	1.165	0.411
Lindi Zimbabwe	56.7^c	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)	26.9^a	0.649^a	0.133^a
10.5	38.6^b	1.205^b	0.298^ab
18.4	38.6^b	1.221^b	0.199^bc
27.7	53.1^c	1.634^c	0.434^c
value	<0.001	<0.001	0.002
LSD	11.55	0.4047	0.1571
CV%	63.0	73.7	126.8

Means followed by the same letter in the column are not significantly different at .