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

Inoculated

9.880^a

16.400^a

11.600^a

1.241^a

12.54 ± 1.405

72.400^a

16.13^a

Non-inoculated

14.000^b

23.800^a

16.500^b

1.130^a

11.78 ± 1.652

71.670^a

27.77^b

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

Mkanakaufiti

18.250^b

30.400^b

21.900^b

1.176^b

12.590 ± 0.566

72.160^a

20.07^ab

IT99K-7-21-2- 2XIT82E-16

8.750^a

14.000^a

10.700^a

1.365^c

13.460 ± 0.622

75.490^a

24.92^b

IT82E-16

11.250^a

16.600^a

12.500^a

1.354^c

11.430 ± 2.708

75.010^a

29.11^b

Sudan 1

9.500^a

19.300^a

11.100^a

0.848^a

11.160 ± 0.629

65.470^a

13.70^a

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

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