Adaptability of Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton Varieties in Different Growing Regions of Ethiopia
Table 8
Mean performance of cotton genotypes for upper half mean length and strength at seven locations in Ethiopia.
Variety
Locations
Asayita
Blen
Gewane
Humera
Kamashi
Omorate
Werer
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
UHML
Str
Sudan
28.0cb
29.7b
26.3c
26.8b
28.5cb
28.4a
26.0c
22.5b
27.2cb
28.9cb
26.9a
25.6a
26.6d
26.4c
JKCH 1947
28.2cb
31.1b
26.7c
26.6b
28.4cb
27.8ba
27.3cb
24.5b
28.5b
30.2b
27.3a
25.2a
28.0cb
28.9b
JKCH 1050
28.3cb
31.5b
28.2b
27.2b
29.3b
28.8a
28.7b
25.8b
27.1c
29.3cb
29.1a
29.2a
28.3b
28.2cb
Weyito 07
34.0a
40.3a
33.8a
35.1a
31.6a
30.7a
31.5a
31.9a
32.4a
34.5a
29.0a
27.4a
32.6a
34.6a
Stam-59A
27.2c
32.3b
26.4c
26.2b
27.1c
25.2bc
26.1c
25.4b
27.4cb
29.3cb
26.8a
28.3a
28.4b
29.4b
DP-90
28.9b
29.6b
26.5c
26.1b
27.2c
22.6c
27.0cb
23.0b
27.5cb
27.5c
26.5a
25.0a
27.5c
27.6cb
Mean
29.1
32.4
28.0
28.0
28.7
27.2
27.8
25.5
28.4
30.0
27.6
26.8
28.6
29.2
CV
2.4
6.4
2.7
2.5
3.4
6.0
3.6
9.1
2.7
4.3
5.8
9.5
1.5
4.4
Significance
NS
NS
LSD
1.3
3.8
1.4
1.3
1.8
3.0
1.8
4.2
1.4
2.3
2.9
4.6
0.8
2.4
Significant at < 0.05; highly significant at < 0.01; very highly significant at < 0.001. NS = non-significant; UHML = upper half mean length (mm); Str = strength. Means that do not share the same letter are significantly different at 5% level.
