Photoperiod Sensitivity and Variability of Agromorphological Traits and Brix Content of Sweet Sorghum Cultivated in Burkina Faso under Two Sowing Dates
Table 3
Results of the analysis of variance of agronomic traits.
Traits
NDS (days)
NDH (days)
NDF (days)
LPE (cm)
PAL (cm)
PAW (g)
Min.
D1
64
71
75
29.67
13.27
107
D2
58
62
66
25.83
11.67
101.21
Max.
D1
90
94
97
80.83
45.67
205.97
D2
74
81
82
79.5
41.67
189.16
Mean
D1
78.37
82.36
86.49
52.94
31.82
146.82
D2
66.48
71.31
75.43
52.53
29.19
140.63
ΔD
(D2−D1)
−11.89
−11.05
−11.06
−0.41
−2.63
−6.19
Variation rate (%)
−15.17
−13.42
−12.79
−0.77
−8.27
−4.22
Sowing date
F
2299.3
1732.7
2011.6
0.42
35.22
5.94
Pr.
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.519
<0.001
0.016
Genotype
F
40.1
48.0
57.6
44.14
24.98
2.21
Pr.
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.002
Sowing date × genotype
F
11.3
8.6
10.2
1.77
2.94
1.61
Pr.
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.019
<0.001
0.041
Min.: minimum; Max.: maximum; NDS: number of days sowing–panicle swelling; NDH: number of days sowing–panicle heading; NDF: number of days sowing–flowering; LPE: Peduncle length; PAL: panicle length; PAW: main panicle weight; D1: 1st sowing date; D2: 2nd sowing date; ΔD: difference between the values of the two sowing dates; Pr.: probability; F: fisher value.
