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

Table 3

Effect of earthing-up frequencies and varieties on plant height and vine internodes length of anchote at Gimbi district, western Ethiopia in 2020/2021.

Treatment	Level of trts	PH (cm)	VIL (cm)
Earthing-up frequency	Control	174.86^d	5.08^c
	Once	187.88^c	5.89^b
	Twice	210.80^b	5.98^b
	Three times	235.04^a	7.85^a
	Four times	237.19^a	7.88^a
LSD (0.05)		3.89	0.3299
value		0.0001	0.0001
Varieties	Desta 01	207.75	6.40
	Acc405	209.26	6.55
	Acc173	210.45	6.55
LSD (0.05)		NS	NS
CV (%)		1.93	5.29

Means followed by the same letter across the column are not significantly different at ; PH = plant height; VIL = vine internode length; control = without earthing up. LSD = least significance difference and CV = coefficient of variation.