Effect of Earthing-Up Frequency on Growth and Yield of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica) Varieties at Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia

Table 2

Effect of earthing-up frequencies and varieties on the day to 50% flowering and days to physiological maturity of anchote at Gimbi district, western Ethiopia in 2020/2021.

Treatment	Level of trts	50% FD (days)	DFM (days)
Earthing-up frequency	Control	80.77^d	114.65^d
	Once	83.00^c	118.78^c
	Twice	86.25^b	120.57^b
	Three times	91.77^a	129.30^a
	Four times	91.81^a	129.84^a
LSD (0.05)		1.89	1.22
value		0.0001	0.0001
Varieties	Desta 01	88.29^a	123.36^a
	Acc405	86.13^b	122.58^b
	Acc173	85.76^b	121.95^b
LSD (0.05)		1.47	0.9452
CV (%)		2.26	1.03

Means followed by the same letter across columns are not significantly different at ; 50% FD = day to 50% flowering; DFM = day to physiological maturity; control = without earthing up. LSD = least significance difference and CV = coefficient of variation.