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

Table 5

Interaction effect of earthing-up frequencies and varieties on vine diameter, leaf number per plant, shoot fresh weight per plant, and shoot dry weight per plant of anchote at Gimbi district, western Ethiopia in 2020/2021.

Treatments		VDPP (mm)	LNPP (No)	SFWPP (kg)	SDWPP (kg)
Earthing-up frequencies	Varieties
Control	Desta 01	4.23^f	17.82^g	0.37^def	0.04^fgh
Once		5.12^e	20.3^f	0.43^bcdef	0.046^de
Twice		5.54^d	22.1^e	0.44^bcdef	0.05^cd
Three times		6.80^a	28.93^c	0.45^bcd	0.06^a
Four times		6.82^a	29.24^bc	0.45^bcd	0.0609^a
Control	Acc405	4.04^gf	18.11^g	0.36^f	0.04^fgh
Once		5.00^e	20.55^f	0.39^cdef	0.042^ef
Twice		5.38^d	22.20^e	0.44^bcde	0.044^ef
Three times		6.38^b	29.37^cb	0.57^a	0.055^b
Four times		6.40^b	29.91^b	0.583^a	0.0556^b
Control	Acc173	3.94^g	20.22^f	0.37^ef	0.038^h
Once		4.98^e	21.90^e	0.44^bcde	0.041^fg
Twice		5.08^e	23.62^d	0.47^b	0.0446^ef
Three times		6.14^c	35.18^a	0.58^a	0.05^c
Four times		6.20^b	35.36^a	0.584^a	0.051^c
LSD (0.5)		0.2483	0.8844	0.0763	0.004
CV (%)		2.23	2.15	9.87	5.10

Means followed by the same letter across columns are not significantly different at , VDPP = vine diameter per plant, LNPP = leaf number per plant control = without earthing up, SFWPP = shoot fresh weight per plant, and SDWPP = shoot dry matter content per plant. LSD = least significance difference and CV = coefficient of variation.