Table 3. Phenological and morphological characteristics from reciprocal garden experiment for Tzotzil and Tzeltal gardens.

	Tzotzil gardens			Tzeltal gardens
	Seed origin			Seed origin
Characteristic	Tzotzil	Tzeltal	F	Tzotzil	Tzeltal	F
n	71	61		76	71
No. of days to tassel	123.14	139.53	21.10***	110.36	119.72	47.77***
No. of days to silk	136.21	149.10	13.62***	127.03	131.82	4.97*
Plant height, cm	292.54	312.46	7.82 ns	280.90	303.75	6.72*
Ear height, cm	149.00	163.36	6.09*	138.55	162.77	4.38*
Length of tassel, cm	48.13	47.72	0.67 ns	46.11	46.78	1.63 ns
No. of tassel branches	15.03	16.93	13.52***	15.50	16.41	2.12 ns
Length of ear, cm	16.13	18.16	22.08***	13.77	18.65	68.74***
Width of ear, cm	4.13	4.03	3.44 ns	3.94	4.12	4.42*
Length of grain, mm	10.56	10.62	0.02 ns	9.95	10.56	18.18***
Width of grain, mm	9.73	9.63	0.46 ns	9.66	9.96	5.57*
Thickness of grain, mm	5.91	6.04	2.78 ns	6.27	6.15	1.35 ns
Weight of grain, g	4.28	3.91	7.55**	4.16	4.51	9.36**
Cob width, cm	2.57	2.63	1.54 ns	2.42	2.62	15.74***

Significance level: ^*, 0.05; ^**, 0.01; ^***, 0.001; ns, nonsignificant.