Research Article

Evaluation of Wild, Wine, Table, and Raisin Grapevine (Vitis spp.) Genotypes in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

The main effect of cultivars on grapevine trunk diameter, root length, flower number, and number of suckers per plant.

CultivarFlower clusterTrunk diameterRoot lengthSuckers

Adama wild2.67 ± 0.82no1.87 ± 0.27s37.33 ± 2.90s2.33 ± 0.52bcd
Addis Ababa wild1.17 ± 0.41p1.40 ± 0.19u27.38 ± 2.18v3.17 ± 1.17a
Alamata wild3.66 ± 1.21mn2.07 ± 0.28qr43.80 ± 2.67q2.00 ± 0.63cde
Arba Minch wild4.34 ± 0.82klm2.42 ± 0.25p51.98 ± 2.57o1.67 ± 0.82defg
Bahir Dar wild2.18 ± 0.43op1.78 ± 0.24s34.20 ± 1.97t2.69 ± 0.81abc
Cabernet Sauvignon10.83 ± 1.47d5.00 ± 0.27f109.27 ± 5.39e0.50 ± 0.55jkl
Cardinal4.85 ± 0.75jkl2.88 ± 0.26n58.38 ± 3.22m1.18 ± 0.41fghij
Chardonnay9.19 ± 1.17e4.62 ± 0.25h92.27 ± 3.73g1.16 ± 0.43fghij
Chenin Blanc15.31 ± 1.75a5.83 ± 0.29b125.43 ± 4.62b0.00 ± 0.00l
Concord5.02 ± 0.89jk3.15 ± 0.25m67.45 ± 2.93k1.00 ± 0.63ghij
Crimson seedless6.85 ± 0.75fgh3.34 ± 0.19l73.53 ± 3.61j0.67 ± 0.52ijkl
Dire Dawa wild4.86 ± 0.98jkl2.60 ± 0.30o55.98 ± 2.53n1.50 ± 0.55efgh
Flame seedless6.17 ± 0.98ghi3.13 ± 0.22m67.11 ± 2.75k1.17 ± 0.98fghij
Gondar wild1.87 ± 0.75op1.55 ± 0.21t31.28 ± 2.26u2.69 ± 1.21abc
Grenache13.69 ± 2.42b5.65 ± 0.23c119.18 ± 3.11c0.00 ± 0.00l
Hawassa wild3.50 ± 0.84mn2.00 ± 0.33r40.52 ± 2.68r2.00 ± 0.89cde
Jimma wild1.49 ± 0.55p1.50 ± 0.19tu28.53 ± 1.94v2.83 ± 1.17ab
Jinka wild4.04 ± 0.89klm2.18 ± 0.25q47.01 ± 2.95p1.81 ± 0.41def
Malbec7.83 ± 1.32f4.30 ± 0.24i83.57 ± 2.74h1.33 ± 0.52efghi
Merlot12.05 ± 1.68c5.42 ± 0.19d114.55 ± 4.26d0.00 ± 0.00l
Perlette3.84 ± 0.75lm2.62 ± 0.17o55.18 ± 2.96n1.50 ± 0.57efgh
Pinot Noir11.17 ± 1.47cd5.13 ± 0.23e114.30 ± 2.73d0.52 ± 0.54jkl
Ruby seedless5.81 ± 0.98hij2.78 ± 0.24n60.65 ± 3.96l1.36 ± 1.21efghi
Sauvignon Blanc10.29 ± 1.21d4.83 ± 0.28g100.42 ± 3.54f0.83 ± 0.75hijk
Semillon7.69 ± 1.03f4.00 ± 0.25j78.38 ± 4.97i1.52 ± 0.52efgh
Sugraone5.48 ± 0.84ij3.40 ± 0.23l74.30 ± 3.49j0.18 ± 0.41kl
Syrah16.32 ± 2.07a6.23 ± 0.27a134.73 ± 4.23a0.00 ± 0.00l
Thompson seedless7.18 ± 0.98fg3.57 ± 0.19k79.35 ± 3.69i0.00 ± 0.00l

Mean6.763.4071.641.27
CV14.033.172.5725.77
LSD1.080.122.110.81
value

Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at 5% LSD test (, , , and ns = ).