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Table 1 Mean squares of farmer scores for the different variables considered among genotypes across test locations

From: Farmer preferred traits and genotype choices in Solanum aethiopicum L., Shum group

Source of variation

d.f

DRS

PRS

PVS

LYS

LPS

SYS

Location (L)

2

2.45

1.10

2.21

0.24

1.11

0.72

Gender (S)

1

2.08

0.19

11.44

8.90

0.16

0.06

Genotype (G)

23

34.97***

26.42***

62.38***

35.50***

27.99***

19.46***

L Ă— S

2

1.43

1.17

2.63

0.68

1.47

0.45

L Ă— G

46

18.48***

16.18***

17.37***

16.55***

14.76***

22.21***

S Ă— G

23

9.61

8.07

9.47

6.27

10.12

4.79

L Ă— S Ă— G

46

7.52

8.62

6.48

8.65

8.91

5.82

Error

2702

7.84

7.76

7.70

7.86

7.92

7.95

  1. DRS disease resistance score, PRS pest resistance score, PVS general appeal score, LYS leaf yield score, LPS leaf preference score, SYS seed yield score
  2. ***Significance at 0.01 error margin