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Table 1 Analysis of variance of measured traits of peanut as affected by the main effect of Bradyrhizobium inoculation, location, and cultivar of peanut their two and three ways interaction

From: Development of environmental friendly bioinoculate for peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) production in Eastern Ethiopia

Sources of variation

df

F values

NN

NDW

EffNN (%)

SDW

NSP

TPW

100 seed wt (g)

TBY

GY

Shelling (%)

Tot plant P

Tot plant N

Inoculation (I)

9

3.30**

2.28*

1.15ns

1.46ns

2.24*

4.64***

3.04**

2.20*

10.24***

1.70ns

0.31ns

0.28

Location (L)

1

57.46***

15.18***

7.15**

14.97***

0.71ns

16.23***

754.45***

0.32ns

0.09ns

4.23*

0.91ns

7.61**

Cultivar (C)

1

2.28ns

1.27ns

0.10ns

4.57*

201.02***

217.81***

67.91***

354.12***

198.44***

5.53*

2.30ns

42.24***

L × I

9

8.23***

3.16**

1.83ns

2.76**

0.70ns

5.49***

2.18*

1.35ns

2.87**

3.99***

1.18ns

1.50

C × I

9

2.02*

2.87**

2.40*

1.40ns

0.97ns

3.31**

2.03*

1.52ns

3.18**

3.71**

0.40ns

0.83

L × C

1

20.18***

1.89ns

1.19ns

11.28**

2.18ns

44.74***

274.37***

88.19***

0.02ns

19.92***

0.00ns

3.77

L × C × I

9

3.49**

4.03***

2.07*

1.36ns

0.38ns

1.77ns

2.16*

3.03**

3.99***

1.54ns

0.62ns

2.24*

  1. ns non significant, NN nodule number per plant, NDW nodule dry weight (g plant−1), EffNN (%) effective nodule number percentage, SDW shoot dry weight (g plant−1), NSP number of seeds per peg; TPW total pegs weight (kg ha−1), TBY total biomass yield (kg ha−1), GY grain yield (kg ha−1)
  2. * Significant at 0.05; ** significant at 0.01; *** significant at 0.001