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 2

Agronomic performance of castor genotypes under Tepi conditions.

Castor genotypes	Ten fresh leave weight (g)	Ten dry leave weight (g)	Number of raceme per plant	Seed yield/plant (g)	Steam thickness	Leave area(cm^2)
Tepi local	258.33^c	108.33	1.667	8.00	9.67	1020.00^b
219671	302.00^abc	125.68	1.333	8.33	9.33	1155.00^ab
219682	334.67^abc	105.00	2.000	5.68	8.67	1186.64^ab
219650	368.67^abc	129.68	2.667	9.00	10.00	1185.00^a
200390	413.00^abc	101.33	2.000	10.00	8.33	1661.33^ab
Abaro	421.00^ab	114.33	2.667	9.21	9.67	1447.00^ab
219645	439.00^a	131.33	1.000	10.67	10.00	1222.33^a
106564	382.67^abc	114.68	2.667	11.67	9.33	1244.00^a
212631	343.33^abc	92.33	3.333	9.67	8.67	1232.00^a
Wolenchite	283.33^bc	90.00	2.333	11.00	10.33	1165.00^ab
value	0.037	0.925	0.150	0.300	0.192	0.040
CV (%)	2.47	3.71	1.73	2.59	1.08	7.59

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