Evaluation of Castor (Ricinus communis L.) Genotypes and Their Feeding Values on Rearing Performance of Eri Silkworm (Samia cynthia ricini Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Agronomic performance of castor genotypes under Tepi conditions.

Castor genotypes	50% emergency date	Stand count	Plant height at three month	No. of leaves per plant	Primary number of branch	Internodes length	50% flowering date	Disease and pest incidence (%)
Tepi local	12.66^ab	9.667	247.33^ab	21.33^a	19.33^a	11.00^ab	78.67^a	13.30^a
219671	13.33^ab	9.000	232.67^ab	23.33^a	22.00^a	9.00^ab	91.67^a	10.00^ab
219682	15.33^ab	7.000	232.97^ab	25.67^a	25.00^a	11.33^a	92.00^a	10.0^ab
219650	12.00^b	9.667	277.23^a	23.33^a	21.33^a	10.67^ab	95.67^a	13.3^a
200390	16.33^a	9.000	216.63b^c	26.33^a	21.33^a	7.33^b	93.00^a	13.3^a
Abaro	15.33^ab	7.667	230.33^ab	25.67^a	24.00^a	9.67^ab	95.67^a	0.00^b
219645	12.67^ab	9.667	178.90^c	24.33^a	24.00^a	8.33^ab	95.33^a	10.00^ab
106564	14.00^ab	8.333	240.70^ab	24.67^a	23.67^a	10.00^ab	86.33^a	6.70^ab
212631	14.00^ab	9.000	233.97^ab	26.00^a	24.33^a	9.33^ab	79.00^a	13.30^a
Wolenchite	14.67^ab	6.333	233.33^ab	22.67^a	22.00^a	10.33^ab	83.33^a	13.30^a
-value	0.010	0.610	0.030	0.069	0.025	0.028	0.308	0.210
CV (%)	1.85	4.787	1.08	3.18	2.36	2.82	1.35	5.19

The means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at (the Tukey test).