Boosting Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)) Yield through the Use of Different Inter-Row Spacing and Seeding Rates

Table 4

The main effect of row spacing and seed rates on panicle length, panicle number, main panicle weight per plant, and thousand seed weight of tef.

Factors	Panicle length (cm)	Panicle (number plant^−1)	Main panicle weight (g)	Thousand seed weight (g)
Inter-row spacing (cm)
15	41.36^a	16.20^c	1.24^d	0.34^b
20	39.83^a	16.31^bc	1.30^c	0.35^ab
25	37.48^b	17.41^ab	1.43^b	0.36^a
30	36.85^b	18.24^a	1.48^a	0.35^ab
LSD	1.54	1.15	0.037	0.014
Seed rates (kg ha^−1)
2.5	37.07^c	19.74^a	1.49^a	0.37^a
5	37.62^c	18.07^b	1.40^b	0.36^ab
7.5	38.76^bc	16.50^c	1.34^c	0.34^bc
10	40.26^ab	15.94^cd	1.34^c	0.34^bc
12.5	40.7^a	14.95^d	1.27^d	0.32^c
LSD	1.72	1.29	0.042	0.015
CV (%)	5.4	9.13	3.7	5.3

Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at a 5% probability level.