Varieties

Treatments

Number of plants

Marketable ears biomass (%)

Unmarketable ears biomass (%)

Yield

(kg∙ha⁻¹)

07SADVE

Sole crop

56.00ab

68.22a

68.72b

2665.86a

08SADVE1

Sole crop

41.75b

68.51a

68.54b

2129.52a

09SADVEF2

Sole crop

54.75ab

67.12ab

69.91b

2128.00a

Mudishi1

Sole crop

61.00.a

70.20a

69.32b

2402.40a

Mudishi3

Sole crop

61.50a

74.77a

76.51a

2283.62a

Samaru

Sole crop

61.50a

72.81a

72.26ab

2849.44a

VP0538

Sole crop

54.50ab

68.68a

73.44ab

2277.22a

ZM523

Sole crop

58.75a

67.88a

72.30ab

2065.53a

Mean

Sole crop

56.21a

69.77b

71.37a

2350.19a

07SADVE

Cowpea

46.25a

70.57a

70.53ab

1999.73a

08SADVE1

Cowpea

33.75b

68.56b

62.47b

1298.92a

09SADVEF2

Cowpea

35.5ab

68.25b

69.3ab

965.13a

Mudishi1

Cowpea

34.75ab

70.63a

70.9ab

753.60ab

Mudishi3

Cowpea

46.25a

73.87a

75.98a

1351.04a

Samaru

Cowpea

46.00a

74.13a

74.52a

2028.88a

VP0538

Cowpea

31.50b

73.31a

71.67ab

1133.73a

ZM523

Cowpea

35.25ab

70.10a

68.84ab

1212.45a

Mean

Cowpea

38.65c

71.17a

70.52a

1342.93c

07SADVE

Soybean

52.50a

69.33ab

69.44a

2206.49a

08SADVE1

Soybean

41.50c

68.20b

63.70a

2040.76a

09SADVEF2

Soybean

45.50b

68.97b

70.00a

1843.63a

Mudishi 1

Soybean

47.00b

70.64ab

72.51a

2113.15a

Mudishi3

Soybean

52.25a

75.05a

75.92a

2291.12a

Samaru

Soybean

47.50b

71.94ab

69.13a

2113.9a

VP0538

Soybean

44.00bc

72.64a

73.63a

1984.68a

ZM523

Soybean

40.00c

70.57ab

72.84a

2062.06a

Mean

Soybean

46.28b

70.91ab

70.89a

2081.97b

Effect of varieties

0.01605*

3.56^e−11***

2.194^e−06***

0.4757

Effect of treatments

1.996^e−08***

0.02226*

0.7206

9.842^e−05***

Effect of varieties × treatments

0.8762

0.4624

0.6274

0.9962

CV

18.03

2.76

5.39

32.13

LSD

7.19

1.39

2.93