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Table 2 F-test statistics of ANOVA of yield components of five new potato clones and two local checks (Kinigi and Kirundo), assessed at fourteen sites in two growing seasons

From: Yield performance, adaptability and processing qualities of pre-release potato clones under different Rwandan agro-ecologies

Source of variation

Df

Number of tubers per plant

Marketable tuber yield

Unmarketable tuber yield

Total tuber yield

Replication

2

91.78

427.73

5.78

467.28

Clone

6

473.75**

11,518.93**

34.18ns

12,174.91**

Site

13

1505.67**

28,557.05**

893.75**

28,282.11**

Season

1

3412.74**

46,859.43**

89.63**

51,047.96**

Clone × Site

78

1411.18ns

13,593.68**

387.14ns

14,437.92**

Clone × Season

6

217.20*

2296.69**

84.28*

2848.51**

Site × Season

13

1975.03**

33,561.06**

391.05**

36,145.29**

Clone × Site × Season

78

1508.97*

8773.83**

435.50ns

9375.36**

Residual

390

5451.03

23,672.87

2037.19

25,787.89

Total

587

16,047.36

169,261.29

4358.51

180,567.23

  1. Df: degree of freedom, *p = 0.05, ***p = 0.001, ns: non significant