Photoperiod Sensitivity and Variability of Agromorphological Traits and Brix Content of Sweet Sorghum Cultivated in Burkina Faso under Two Sowing Dates
Table 2
Results of the analysis of variance of vegetative morphological traits.
Traits
NVT
NPT
LEL (cm)
LEW (cm)
NIN
LIN (cm)
DIS (cm)
HPL (cm)
Min.
D1
0
0
55.67
5.17
9
10.34
1.43
188.33
D2
0
0
52.67
3.3
6.67
9.67
1.05
129
Max.
D1
8
5
88.5
10.73
16.67
31.5
2.97
464.33
D2
11
6
80.83
10.17
13.67
31.07
2.2
347.67
Mean
D1
2.39
1.93
70.27
7.79
13.09
23.48
2.11
334.94
D2
4.83
3.23
65.92
6.16
9.63
23.24
1.64
249.25
ΔD
(D2−D1)
2.44
1.3
−4.35
−1.63
−3.46
−0.24
−0,47
−85.69
Variation rate (%)
102.09
67.36
−6.19
−20.92
−26.43
−1.02
−22.27
−25.58
Sowing date
F
79.69
40.54
43.73
235.48
529.8
0.82
39.51
683.34
Pr.
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.367
<0.001
<0.001
Genotype
F
3.18
2.65
5.81
16.69
13.53
30.72
0.93
24.51
Pr.
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.569
<0.001
Sowing date × genotype
F
1.08
1.07
2.83
1.69
1.61
1.61
1.17
1.69
Pr.
0.37
0.381
<0.001
0.028
0.042
0.042
0.279
0.028
NVT: number of vegetative tillers, NPT: number of productive tillers, LEL: leaf length, LEW: leaf width; NIN: number of internodes; LIN: internode length; HPL: plant height; DIS: stem diameter, D1: 1st sowing date, D2: 2nd sowing date, CV: coefficient of variation, ΔD: difference between the values of the two sowing dates, SD: standard deviation.
