Genetic variability and characters association for yield, yield attributing traits and protein content of lentil (Lens Culinaris Medikus) genotype in Ethiopia

Table 3 Estimates of range mean and genetic variability components of lentil genotypes evaluated at Debre Berhan in 2018

Trait	Range	Mean	σ²g	σ²p	GCV (%)	PCV (%)	H² (%)	GA	GA (%)
DF	58.5–86	71.03	89.66	126.32	13.33	15.82	70.97	16.46	23.17
DM	115.5–143	132.12	48.2	97.21	5.26	7.46	49.59	10.09	7.63
PB	2.05–3.6	2.53	0.12	0.39	13.65	24.77	30.37	0.39	15.52
SB	3.25–6.2	4.46	0.76	1.57	19.58	28.11	48.52	1.25	28.14
PH	23.5–38.4	31.62	14.66	23.41	12.11	15.3	62.63	6.25	19.77
GFP	54–69.5	61.03	15.04	58.23	6.35	12.5	25.83	4.07	6.66
NPPP	21.6–42.0	32.17	14.21	43.99	11.72	20.62	32.31	4.42	13.74
NSPP	2.15–3.95	2.84	0.4	0.57	22.25	26.7	69.41	1.08	38.23
TSW	26.1–54.0	37.95	48.22	61.9	18.3	20.73	77.91	12.65	33.32
BM	2019.9–5539.2	3274.1	1,071,727	1,356,026.4	31.62	35.57	79.03	1898.67	57.99
SY	869.4–2401.5	1269.6	259,295	268,497.77	40.11	40.82	96.57	1032.34	81.32
HI	31.4–55.7	38.9	25.65	53.95	13.08	18.86	47.47	7.2	18.47
PC	17.5–26.2	21.68	4.43	6.05	9.71	11.34	73.2	3.71	17.13

DF = Days to 50% flowering, DM = Days to 90% maturity, BP = number of primary branches per plant, SB = secondary branches per plant, PH = Plant height(cm), GFP = grain filing period and NSPP = Number of Seed per pod, BY = Above ground biomass kg/ ha, SY = Seed yield kg/ha, HI = Harvesting index, TSW = Thousand seed weight (g) genotypic (\({\upsigma }^{2}\mathrm{g}\)) and phenotypic (\({\upsigma }^{2}\mathrm{p}\)) components of variance, phenotypic (PCV) and genotypic (GCV) coefficient of variability, H² (%) = broad-sense heritability, expected genetic advance (GA) and genetic advance as percent of the mean (GA%)

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