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

Table 7

Correlation coefficient of the 15 parameters of three anchote varieties grown at Gimbi district, western Ethiopia in 2020/2021.

	FD	DPM	PH	VL	VD	LNPP	LL	LW	SFW	SDW	TFW	TDMC	MTW	UMTW	Ytha
FD
DPM	0.89
PH	0.87	0.95
VL	0.84	0.93	0.94
VD	0.88	0.95	0.92	0.89
LNPP	0.77	0.89	0.90	0.91	0.83
LL	0.86	0.94	0.90	0.91	0.92	0.89
LW	0.59	0.69	0.66	0.64	0.74	0.47
SFW	0.52	0.71	0.77	0.77	0.66	0.81	0.69	0.45
SDW	0.87	0.91	0.87	0.82	0.91	0.72	0.88	0.74	0.55
TFW	0.67	0.61	0.59	0.56	0.69	0.47	0.58	0.45	0.38	0.62
TDMC	0.84	0.87	0.80	0.77	0.87	0.70	0.87	0.71	0.48	0.89	0.46
MTW	0.83	0.79	0.77	0.73	0.86	0.65	0.77	0.60	0.50	0.80	0.96	0.69
UMTW	−0.87	−0.92	−0.88	−0.83	−0.89	−0.80	−0.80	−0.72	−0.60	−0.90	−0.43	−0.96	−0.67
Ytha	0.67	0.61	0.59	0.56	0.69	0.47	0.58	0.45	0.38	0.62	1.0	0.46	0.96	−0.43

where , , and are weak, moderate, and strongly (highly) significant, respectively. MTW t ha⁻¹ = marketable tuber weight per hectare, UMTW t ha⁻¹ = unmarketable tuber weight per hectare, Y t ha⁻¹ = yield tone per hectare, SDWPP = shoot dry weight per plant, TFWPP = tuber fresh weight per plant, TDWPP = tuber dry weight per plant, VDPP = vine diameter per plant, LNPP = leaf number per plant and SFWPP = shoot fresh weight per plant, FD = day to 50% flowering, DPM = days to physiological maturity, PH = plant height, VIL = vine internode length, LL = leaf length, and LW = leaf width.