Research Article
Boosting Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)) Yield through the Use of Different Inter-Row Spacing and Seeding Rates
Table 4
The main effect of row spacing and seed rates on panicle length, panicle number, main panicle weight per plant, and thousand seed weight of tef.
| Factors | Panicle length (cm) | Panicle (number plant−1) | Main panicle weight (g) | Thousand seed weight (g) |
| Inter-row spacing (cm) | 15 | 41.36a | 16.20c | 1.24d | 0.34b | 20 | 39.83a | 16.31bc | 1.30c | 0.35ab | 25 | 37.48b | 17.41ab | 1.43b | 0.36a | 30 | 36.85b | 18.24a | 1.48a | 0.35ab | LSD | 1.54 | 1.15 | 0.037 | 0.014 | Seed rates (kg ha−1) | 2.5 | 37.07c | 19.74a | 1.49a | 0.37a | 5 | 37.62c | 18.07b | 1.40b | 0.36ab | 7.5 | 38.76bc | 16.50c | 1.34c | 0.34bc | 10 | 40.26ab | 15.94cd | 1.34c | 0.34bc | 12.5 | 40.7a | 14.95d | 1.27d | 0.32c | LSD | 1.72 | 1.29 | 0.042 | 0.015 | CV (%) | 5.4 | 9.13 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
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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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