Yield and Growth Response of Maize (Zea mays L.) to Varietal and Nitrogen Application in the Guinea Savanna Agro-Ecology of Ghana

Table 6

Analysis of variance for yield and yield components as influenced by varietal, N rates, and interaction effects in the 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons.

Source of variation	df	F probability (0.05)
		Number of leaves	Plant height (cm)	Days to 50% silking	Days to 50% physiological maturity	Total biomass (kg/ha)	100-Grain weight (g)	Grain yield (ton/ha)
Fertilizer rate (N)	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Variety (V)	5	0.042	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.002	0.000	0.009
N xV	23	0.253	0.240	0.348	0.224	0.360	0.439	0.472
Residual	40
Total	71
SE		1	2	2	2	1	1	1
CV (%)		14.13	15.20	45.60	33.51	6.22	10.12	28.84