Table 2: Effect of netting duration on marketable, unmarketable and total yield.

Treatments

Marketable yield (q/ha) ± SE

Unmarketable yield (q/ha) ± SE

Total yield (q/ha) ± SE

Hawassa

Meki

Hawassa

Meki

Hawassa

Meki

Uncovered

11.45 ± 0.80d

10.33 ± 0.96c

1.08 ± 0.27a

1.53 ± 0.24a

12.53 ± 0.77c

11.86 ± 0.68c

Netting for up to 20 days

11.99 ± 0.49cd

10.75 ± 2.07bc

1.06 ± 0.18a

1.26 ± 0.18ab

13.05 ± 0.40c

12.01 ± 0.89c

Netting for up to 40 days

16.10 ± 0.69abc

13.10 ± 0.87ab

0.39 ± 0.16ab

1.16 ± 0.19abc

16.50 ± 0.82abc

14.26 ± 0.24abc

Netting for up to 60 days

16.51 ± 1.61ab

14.26 ± 1.93a

0.23 ± 0.06b

0.64 ± 0.24bcd

16.74 ± 1.57abc

14.91 ± 0.99ab

Netting for up to 80 days

17.30 ± 1.10a

15.33 ± 1.74a

0.11 ± 0.03b

0.37 ± 0.14cd

17.42 ± 1.08ab

15.71 ± 0.74a

Netting until harvesting

17.75 ± 0.92a

15.45 ± 2.03a

0.21 ± 0.05b

0.27 ± 0.11d

17.96 ± 1.90a

15.72 ± 0.94a

Spraying with insecticide

12.14 ± 0.56bcd

11.48 ± 1.05bc 

0.97 ± 0.02a

1.41 ± 0.20ab

13.12 ± 0.53bc

12.90 ± 0.66bc

LSD (0.05)

4.38

2.73

0.71

0.88

4.29

2.68

CV (%)

12.7

9.03

52.92

39.54

11.99

8.24

Where, CV: Coefficient of variation; LSD: Least significant difference; SE: Standard error.
Means in a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05, whereas the means indicated by different letters shows significantly different.