Factors | Number of pods per pot | Pods weight/pot (g) | Yield/pot (g) | 10 seed size/pot (g) | 100 seed size (g) | Shelling % | Harvest index |
Inoculation protocol |
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Inoculated | 9.880a | 16.400a | 11.600a | 1.241a | 12.54 ± 1.405 | 72.400a | 16.13a |
Non-inoculated | 14.000b | 23.800a | 16.500b | 1.130a | 11.78 ± 1.652 | 71.670a | 27.77b |
LSD 5% | 4.08.000 | 7.750 | 4.810 | 0.1194 | ** | 7.473 | 7.823 |
F. prob | 0.048 | 0.061 | 0.048 | 0.066 | ** | 0.841 | 0.006 |
Cowpea varieties |
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Mkanakaufiti | 18.250b | 30.400b | 21.900b | 1.176b | 12.590 ± 0.566 | 72.160a | 20.07ab |
IT99K-7-21-2- 2XIT82E-16 | 8.750a | 14.000a | 10.700a | 1.365c | 13.460 ± 0.622 | 75.490a | 24.92b |
IT82E-16 | 11.250a | 16.600a | 12.500a | 1.354c | 11.430 ± 2.708 | 75.010a | 29.11b |
Sudan 1 | 9.500a | 19.300a | 11.100a | 0.848a | 11.160 ± 0.629 | 65.470a | 13.70a |
LSD 5% | 5.770 | 10.970 | 6.800 | 0.1688 | ** | 10.568 | 11.063 |
F. prob | 0.010 | 0.027 | 0.007 | <.001 | ** | 0.2090 | 0.049 |
F. prob for interaction |
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Inoculation protocol * cowpea varieties | 0.751 | 0.342 | 0.255 | 0.138 | ** | 0.596 | 0.216 |
Grand mean | 11.940 | 20.100 | 14.000 | 1.186 | ** | 72.030 | 21.950 |
CV % | 46.500 | 52.500 | 46.600 | 13.700 | ** | 14.100 | 48.500 |