Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum distichon L.) Varieties for Yield and Agronomic Traits in South Gondar, Ethiopia

Table 3

Mean squares of yield and yield-related components of malt barley in 2019 and 2020 main cropping season.

Source of variation	Degree of freedom	Traits^a
		DE	DH	DM	NETP	SL (cm)	PH (m)	SPS	TSW (g)	Y (Qt ha^−1)
Year	1	0.028^ns	20.25	7140.25	0.25	0.38	1.529	1154.86	1846.13	3.78
Variety (V)	5	2.96	54.25	73.56	44.71	43.14	0.0396	816.36	1090.85	325.11
VYear	5	1.09^ns	15.98	80.58	1.81	0.33	0.0244	358.80	100.38	21.77
Error	24	0.53	0.39	0.23	0.002	0.005	0.0013	6.61	11.46	0.182
R^2		61.27	97.54	99.93	99.98	99.94	98.28	97.79	96.59	99.74
CV (%)		9.04	0.98	0.36	0.95	1.67	2.95	9.54	9.81	1.99

^a DE = day to emergency, DH = days to heading, DM = days to maturity, NETP = number of effective tillers per plant, SL = spike length, PH = plant height, SPS = seeds per spike, TSW = thousands seed weight and Y = yield.  = Significant difference at 0.05,  = significant difference at 0.01, Ns = Non-significant difference. CV= coefficient of variation, R² = coefficient of determination.