Research Article
Boosting Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)) Yield through the Use of Different Inter-Row Spacing and Seeding Rates
Table 3
The main effect of row spacing and seed rate on plant height, number of total tillers, and effective tillers per plant in tef.
| Factors | Plant height (cm) | Number of tillers per plant | Number of effective tiller per plant |
| Row spacing (cm) | 15 | 91.76a | 4.88c | 4.13c | 20 | 88.36b | 5.95b | 4.81b | 25 | 85.09c | 7.31a | 6.10a | 30 | 81.89d | 7.74a | 6.24a | LSD (0.05) | 2.22 | 0.60 | 0.42 | Seed rates (kg ha−1) | 2.5 | 81.57c | 8.37a | 7.16a | 5 | 84.18b | 7.10b | 5.83b | 7.5 | 86.51b | 6.20c | 4.98c | 10 | 89.8a | 5.59cd | 4.54cd | 12.5 | 91.81a | 5.13d | 4.00d | LSD (0.05) | 2.48 | 0.66 | 0.47 | CV (%) | 3.5 | 12.4 | 10.6 |
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Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at a 5% probability level.
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