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Table 3 Combined analysis of variance from eight malting barley varieties for eight traits

From: Performance evaluation and stability analysis of malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties for yield and quality traits in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia

Traits

Env (3)

Var (7)

Env × Var (21)

Pooled error

R-square

DH

2.94**

99.52**

22.53**

6.76

0.85

DM

741 **

78.84**

21.89**

12.19

0.83

PH

3123**

1112**

135 ns

88.58

0.81

SL

6.96**

1.07**

0.46 ns

0.40

0.67

SS

10.05**

7.69**

138.58**

4.03

0.77

BM

101**

16*

3.48 ns

6.12

0.60

KMc

14**

0.02**

0.084**

0.001

0.99

KSc

32**

0.15**

3.51**

0.24

0.93

  1. Numbers in parenthesis represent degrees of freedom, ns, *, **, Non Significant; significant at P ≤ 0.05 and significant at P ≤ 0.01 respectively, Env, Environments three(3); Var, Varieties which are seven(7); Env * Var, environment by variety; DH, Days to heading; DM, Days to maturity; PH, plant height (cm); SL, Spike length (cm); SS, Seed per spike (No); TKW, 1000 kernel weight (g); GY, Grain yield (kg/ha); BM, Above ground biomass (kg/ha); KPc, Kernel protein content (%); KSc, Kernel starch content (%); KMc, Kernel moisture content (%)
  2. means that the treatment is significance at 0.05 level of significance