Table 5 Grain yield of common bean investigated from three genotypes (Dursitu, Kufanzik and Gofta) over four experimental locations (Babile, Fedis, Haramaya and Hirna), in eastern Ethiopian, in 2012/2013 cropping season

NSCBR-14

2323.1a

2554.35a

1340.6ab

1093.3b

3800.1a

2829.3ab

1098.6d

1607.0abc

3735.6a

3470.6ab

954.0e

2384.4ab

NSCBR-(25)₂

2192.9ab

2107.69bcd

653.7c

1285.6ab

3206.5bc

2634.3ab

1987.1a

1801.3ab

3339.8abc

3201.4abc

1657.8abc

2570.0a

NSCBR-59

2059.8abc

2486.94a

796.5c

1616.8a

3105.8bc

2565.6ab

1619.8abc

1716.7abc

3608.7ab

3625.7a

1913.1a

1956.3abc

NSCBR-31

2239.1ab

2132.96bc

1101.2abc

1328.1ab

2915.8bc

2910.8a

1046.6d

1938.8a

3062.1bc

3092.9bc

1631.9abc

2497.4ab

NSCBR-16

2454.9a

2122.41bcd

786.9c

1285.2ab

2983.8bc

2657.0ab

1932.4ab

1693.1abc

3265.8ab

3334.4ab

1080.1de

1776.4bc

NSCBR-18

1683.9c

1803.06de

1054.2bc

1162.4ab

3007.3bc

2817.5ab

1411.9 cd

1615.7abc

3215.7a

3648.0a

1232.8cde

2659.6a

NSCBR-57

2441.9a

1615.56e

892.7bc

1396.7ab

2761.6c

2433.8b

1442.5bcd

1333.8bc

3688.4bc

3096.4bc

1390.0b-e

1577.2c

NSCBR-25

2139.1ab

1918.89 cde

1043.5bc

1097.6b

3195.3bc

2611.5ab

1474.8bcd

1248.6c

3241.9c

2759.7c

1774.9ab

2024.3abc

−VE Control

1873.0bc

1750.93e

790.6c

1063.8b

2727.0c

2534.2ab

1221.9cd

1432.4abc

2932.3c

2739.8c

1490.0a-d

2065.6abc

+VE Control

2263.1ab

2292.59ab

1543.0a

1238.9ab

3375.9ab

2776.4ab

1501.0a-d

1652.2abc

3498.4a

3609.4a

1868.1ab

2537.0a

Mean

2167.07

2078.54

1000.28

1256.83

3107.92

2677.03

1473.66

1603.96

3358.89

3257.82

1499.25

2204.82

LSD

408.32

325.07

473.22

517.43

537.01

452.72

500.47

529.87

582.44

502.05

484.42

734.04

CV (%)

6.51

5.40

16.36

14.24

5.98

5.85

11.75

11.43

6.00

5.33

11.18

11.51

P value

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***

***

*

***

*

***

**

***

***

***

***

F value

8.86

22.88

8.56

2.65

8.66

2.80

9.87

4.00

5.30

11.44

11.66

6.51