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

Table 6 Estimates of direct (bold diagonal) and indirect effects (off-diagonal) at a genotypic level for different traits on seed yield and protein content in lentil genotype

Trait	DF	DM	SB	PH	NPPP	NSPP	TSW	BM	HI	PC	rg
DF	0.0193	− 0.034	0.0001	− 0.005	− 0.0006	0.0067	0.0010	− 0.468	− 0.0705	− 0.0028	− 0.552**
DM	0.0157	− 0.042	0.0001	− 0.004	− 0.0006	0.0086	0.0009	− 0.495	− 0.1308	− 0.0027	− 0.650**
SB	− 0.0059	0.0114	− 0.0003	0.0117	0.0010	− 0.0060	− 0.0015	0.4918	0.0578	0.0026	0.563**
PH	− 0.0036	0.0064	− 0.0001	0.0237	0.0009	− 0.0063	0.0000	0.5089	0.0199	0.0008	0.551**
NPPP	− 0.0074	0.0152	− 0.0002	0.0137	0.0016	− 0.0067	− 0.0009	0.5815	0.0389	0.0028	0.639**
NSPP	− 0.0092	0.0254	− 0.0001	0.0106	0.0008	− 0.0140	− 0.0006	0.6902	0.1403	0.0022	0.846**
TSW	− 0.0046	0.0091	− 0.0001	0.0002	0.0004	− 0.0020	− 0.0040	0.1999	0.1048	0.0007	0.304**
BM	− 0.0103	0.0236	− 0.0002	0.0138	0.0011	− 0.0111	− 0.0009	0.8741	0.0335	0.0025	0.926**
HI	− 0.0037	0.0149	0.0000	0.0013	0.0002	− 0.0054	− 0.0011	0.0800	0.3656	0.0005	0.452**
PC	− 0.0057	0.0121	− 0.0001	0.0020	0.0005	− 0.0033	− 0.0003	0.2274	0.0192	0.0095	0.261*

**,*Significant level at 0.01 and 0.05 probability level, Residual for genotypic 0.076, DF Days to 50% flowering, DM Days to maturity, SB secondary branches, PH Plant height (cm), NSPP Number Seeds per pod, NPPP number of pods per plant, BY above ground biomass kg ha⁻¹, HI Harvesting index, TSW Thousand seed weight (g), PC protein content, r_g and r_p genotypic and phenotypic correlation coefficient

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