Characterization and Evaluation of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) for Yield and Related Traits in Asosa Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 3

Mean performance of genotypes of Bambara groundnut for growth traits.

Genotype/accession	Plant height (cm)	Branches	Leaf number	Terminal leaf length (cm)	Stems per plant	Nodes per stem
AMN/04/001	171.53^e	2.34	48.89	54.47^e–g	5.83^e	2.93^c–e
AMN/04/002	181.33^b–d	2.41	48.73	58.43^b–e	7.87^c–e	2.87^d-e
AMN/04/003	178.67^b–e	2.50	44.00	55.20^c–f	7.63^d-e	2.72^e
AMN/04/004	183.33^b-c	3.21	54.09	60.00^b	8.77^c-d	3.46^a–c
AMN/04/005	177.40^c-d	2.95	48.80	50.82^g	8.47^c-d	3.26^b–e
AMN/04/006	179.67^b–d	2.45	51.47	58.73^b–d	8.05^c–e	3.50^a-b
AMN/04/007	182.67^b–d	2.16	50.80	57.17^b–e	8.30^c–e	3.46^a–c
AMN/04/008	181.00^b–d	2.44	48.00	57.67^b–e	9.70^b–d	3.22^b–e
AMN/04/009	183.67^b-c	3.10	54.93	59.62^b	8.90^c-d	3.44^a–c
AMN/04/010	183.13^b-c	2.75	50.00	56.73^b–e	9.78^b–d	3.42^a–d
AMN/04/011	184.67^a–c	2.29	47.67	59.33^b-c	8.60^c-d	3.57^a-b
AMN/04/012	175.33^d-e	2.70	47.53	51.60^f-g	7.33^d-e	3.32^a–d
AMN/04/013	183.67^b-c	2.39	54.50	57.27^b–e	9.27^c-d	3.77^a-b
AMN/04/014	184.00^a–c	2.64	55.89	57.35^b–e	8.88^c-d	3.75^a-b
AMN/04/015	185.00^a-b	3.56	55.50	59.59^b	12.15^a-b	3.37^a–d
AMN/04/016	191.33^a	3.77	47.13	64.27^a	12.49^a	3.87^a
AMN/04/017	178.50^b–e	3.23	55.57	57.93^b–e	9.27^c-d	3.52^a-b
AMN/04/018	180.47^b–d	3.18	55.89	58.54^b–e	8.10^c–e	3.66^a-b
AMN/04/019	182.17^b–d	3.36	56.79	57.39^b–e	8.67^c-d	3.48^a–c
AMN/04/020	180.67^b–d	3.44	56.60	55.13^d–f	10.27^a–c	3.50^a-b
LSD	7.51	NS	NS	4.18	2.63	0.57
CV (%)	2.51	22.68	14.52	4.42	17.85	10.16

Means followed by the same letters within a column are not significantly different at 5% probability level. NS, not significant.