Table 6.

F-test and means test for main branch length (MBL, cm) and shoot dry mass (SDM, g) of traditional varieties of cowpea subjected to salinity levels of irrigation water.

F-Test (p-Value)
Sources of Variation	MBL		SDM
Block	0.277		0.040
Salinity	0.000		0.000
Varieties	0.000		0.002
Salinity x Varieties	0.006		0.015
Means comparison test (Standard Deviation, n = 5)
Varieties	MBL		SDM
	0.5 dS m−1	4.5 dS m−1	0.5 dS m−1	4.5 dS m−1
V1—Boquinha	202.4 ± 19.95 Ab	169.0 ± 16.79 Ab	26.9 ± 2.36 Ab	20.4 ± 2.00 Ba
V2—Ceará	253.8 ± 4.02 Aa	200.4 ± 9.21 Aa	32.8 ± 1.41 Aa	13.8 ± 1.67 Bb
V3—Costela de Vaca	266.4 ± 10.61 Aa	178.6 ± 26.79 Bb	31.7 ± 4.09 Aa	13.4 ± 2.50 Bb
V4—Lisão	193.4 ± 16.58 Ab	167.0 ± 27.82 Ab	23.3 ± 1.46 Ab	11.9 ± 1.70 Bb
V5—Canário	222.4 ± 22.46 Ab	222.2 ± 22.44 Aa	30.5 ± 0.91 Aa	17.4 ± 2.05 Ba
V6—Pingo de Ouro	242.8 ± 11.62 Aa	162.4 ± 18.52 Bb	24.5 ± 2.23 Ab	16.6 ± 2.59 Ba
V7—Roxão	276.0 ± 16.90 Aa	202.8 ± 29.67 Ba	25.8 ± 1.43 Ab	21.3 ± 1.80 Aa
V8—Feijão Branco	186.6 ± 14.18 Ab	167.0 ± 15.01 Ab	26.6 ± 1.28 Ab	18.3 ± 1.12 Ba
V9—Canapu Branco	297.4 ± 28.01 Aa	165.0 ± 19.02 Bb	23.2 ± 2.38 Ab	15.9 ± 2.10 Bb
V10—Canapu Miúdo	236.6 ± 14.94 Aa	148.0 ± 25.96 Bb	26.8 ± 1.85 Ab	13.4 ± 1.45 Bb
V11—Ovo de Peru	250.6 ± 14.32 Aa	247.8 ± 22.97 Aa	31.0 ± 4.26 Aa	21.3 ± 1.22 Ba
V12—Baeta	228.3 ± 8.22 Ab	82.8 ± 13.33 Bc	29.1 ± 1.28 Aa	17.9 ± 1.20 Ba
V13—Coruja	212.2 ± 11.62 Ab	168.0 ± 25.91 Ab	27.1 ± 1.73 Ab	16.1 ± 1.23 Bb
V14—Paulistinha	213.2 ± 19.62 Ab	164.6 ± 15.05 Ab	21.8 ± 1.43 Ab	11.6 ± 1.15 Bb
V15—Sempre Verde	238.3 ± 10.00 Aa	184.0 ± 36.33 Ab	32.9 ± 5.45 Aa	13.7 ± 3.01 Bb

Equal uppercase letters in the rows and lowercase letters in the column do not differ by Student’s t-test and Scott–Knott test at 5% probability level, respectively.