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
12.66ab
9.667
247.33ab
21.33a
19.33a
11.00ab
78.67a
13.30a
219671
13.33ab
9.000
232.67ab
23.33a
22.00a
9.00ab
91.67a
10.00ab
219682
15.33ab
7.000
232.97ab
25.67a
25.00a
11.33a
92.00a
10.0ab
219650
12.00b
9.667
277.23a
23.33a
21.33a
10.67ab
95.67a
13.3a
200390
16.33a
9.000
216.63bc
26.33a
21.33a
7.33b
93.00a
13.3a
Abaro
15.33ab
7.667
230.33ab
25.67a
24.00a
9.67ab
95.67a
0.00b
219645
12.67ab
9.667
178.90c
24.33a
24.00a
8.33ab
95.33a
10.00ab
106564
14.00ab
8.333
240.70ab
24.67a
23.67a
10.00ab
86.33a
6.70ab
212631
14.00ab
9.000
233.97ab
26.00a
24.33a
9.33ab
79.00a
13.30a
Wolenchite
14.67ab
6.333
233.33ab
22.67a
22.00a
10.33ab
83.33a
13.30a
-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).