Varieties

Treatments

Number of plants

Edible seed biomass (%)

Inedible seed biomass (%)

Empty pod biomass (%)

Yield

(kg∙ha⁻¹)

Cowpea

Sole crop

632.75

5.50b

11.88

24.69a

17.82b

Soybean

Sole crop

554.25

47.44a

5.03

26.80a

1802.23a

07SADVE

Cowpea

525.75

12.68b

4.75

18.22a

76c

08SADVE1

Cowpea

555.00

3.13c

9.15

30.76a

15.78c

09SADVEF2

Cowpea

583.75

2.09c

6.06

15.85a

39.67c

Mudishi1

Cowpea

541.50

3.09c

7.003

16.51a

38.29c

Mudishi3

Cowpea

577.75

0.84c

7.84

17.54a

19.78c

Samaru

Cowpea

493.75

4.09bc

5.52

17.51a

96.14c

VP0538

Cowpea

489.00

5.49bc

4.64

18.34a

33.28c

ZM523

Cowpea

545.00

3.88c

5.07

16.44a

68.2c

Mean

Cowpea

538.93

4.41bc

6.25

18.89a

48.39c

07SADVE

Soybean

468.5

46.99a

6.62

30.04b

546.92b

08SADVE1

Soybean

535.25

49.37a

5.12

27.41b

932.37a

09SADVEF2

Soybean

557.5

49.02a

4.32

28.8b

885.49a

Mudishi1

Soybean

489.25

45.85a

6.38

27.17b

859.44a

Mudishi3

Soybean

617.75

44.92a

9.11

28.19b

817.77a

Samaru

Soybean

450

41.85a

10.53

28.28b

718.81ab

VP0538

Soybean

497.5

45.62a

5.74

29.64b

838.61a

ZM523

Soybean

579.75

45.48a

6.52

30.34b

875.07a

Mean

Soybean

524.43

46.13a

6.79

28.73b

809.31a

Effect of varieties

0.2541

0.4973

0.8859

0.819

0.0046**

Effect of treatments

0.4217

<2^e−16***

0.8342

3.936^e−05***

<2.2^e−16***

Effect of varieties × treatments

0.9731

0.5685

0.6336

0.521

0.0013**