Adaptability of Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton Varieties in Different Growing Regions of Ethiopia
Table 4
Overall mean of cotton genotypes for yield and yield-related traits tested across seven locations in Ethiopia.
Variety
Plant height (cm)
Boll no./plant
Boll weight (gm)
Seed cotton yield (t·ha−1)
Ginning percent
Lint yield (t·ha−1)
Stand count
Sudan
93.8cb
19.8b
4.4ba
2.4ba
38.9a
0.9ba
43.2b
JKCH 1947
111.7a
31.7a
4.8a
3.1a
39.4a
1.2a
29.8c
JKCH 1050
114.7a
32.5a
4.8a
3.1a
39.2a
1.2a
28.7c
Weyito 07
110.0a
18.1b
3.8c
2.3ba
34.8c
0.8b
56.5a
Stam-59A
98.9b
15.4b
4.1bc
2.1b
36.5b
0.8b
59.9a
DP-90
86.6c
16.5b
4.4ba
2.3ba
36.8b
0.8b
56.1a
Mean
102.6
22.3
4.4
2.6
37.6
1.0
45.7
CV
10.2
21.9
9.1
18.3
3.2
18.8
23.6
R2
0.89
0.928
0.86
0.93
0.91
0.93
0.79
Genotype
Environment
Geno ∗ ENV
Ns
LSD
10.549
6.5524
0.4761
0.923
1.23
0.343
8.3326
Significant at < 0.05; highly significant at < 0.01; very highly significant at < 0.001. NS = non-significant. Means that do not share the same letter are significantly different at 5% level.
