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 characters | Blocks (df = 4) | All entries Treatments (df = 103) | Test accessions (df = 99) | Checks (df = 3) | Checks vs. Accessions (df = 1) | Error (df = 12) |
| CP | 0.013 | 0.601 | 0.609 | 0.108 ns | 1.232 | 0.227 | EE | 0.048 | 1.323 | 1.240 | 2.340 | 5.124 | 0.020 | CF | 0.829 | 14.050 | 11.484 | 28.510 | 224.629 | 0.631 | CA | 0.009 | 0.583 | 0.588 | 0.309 | 0.826 | 0.006 | MC | 0.370 | 0.357 ns | 0.261 ns | 0.350 ns | 9.900 | 0.278 | TCH | 2.248 | 17.971 | 16.448 | 23.079 | 153.369 | 1.455 | CV | 17.228 | 272.674 | 244.359 | 979.160 | 956.521 | 16.951 | DM | 0.370 | 0.356 ns | 0.261 ns | 0.349 ns | 9.833 | 0.277 |
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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. |