Research Article

Biochemical Composition Variation among Southern Ethiopian Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Genotypes

Table 2

ANOVA for proximate and biochemical components of coffee germplasm accessions.

Quality charactersBlocks (df = 4)All entries Treatments (df = 103)Test accessions (df = 99)Checks (df = 3)Checks vs. Accessions (df = 1)Error (df = 12)

CP0.0130.6010.6090.108 ns1.2320.227
EE0.0481.3231.2402.3405.1240.020
CF0.82914.05011.48428.510224.6290.631
CA0.0090.5830.5880.3090.8260.006
MC0.3700.357 ns0.261 ns0.350 ns9.9000.278
TCH2.24817.97116.44823.079153.3691.455
CV17.228272.674244.359979.160956.52116.951
DM0.3700.356 ns0.261 ns0.349 ns9.8330.277

MC = Moisture content, EE = Crude fat, CF = Crude fiber, CA = Crude ash, TCA = Total carbohydrate, CV = Caloric value, DM = Dry matter.  = highly significant (),  = significant (), ns = nonsignificant, and df = degree of freedom.