Genetic Diversity of Upland Rice Germplasm in Malaysia Based on Quantitative Traits

Table 4

(a) Mean squares of analysis of variance for 5 traits among 50 accessions of upland rice.

Source of variation	df	PH	DF	DM	FLR	NT
Blocks	2	0.01^ns	6.61^ns	41.33^ns	0.01^ns	0.0027^ns
Accessions	49	1295.77**	3236.17**	5410.90*	617.37**	2.12*
Groups	[1]	4977.62**	15272.12**	37117.26**	214.76**	0.35**
Groups/Accessions	[48]	85.94**	276.13**	537.95**	62.83**	1.10**
Error	98	53.43	172.58	397.56	18.22	0.35

*Significant at 0.05. **Highly significant at 0.01. PH: plant height, DF: days to flowering, DM: days to maturing, FLR: flag leaf length-to-width ratio, and NT: number of tillers per hill.

(b) Mean squares of analysis of variance for 7 traits among 50 accessions of upland rice.

Source of variation	df	NG	1000 GW	YP	NP	PL	SP	SF
Blocks	2	32.03^ns	0.007^ns	0.13^ns	0.090^ns	0.03^ns	145.68^ns	8.39^ns
Accessions	49	1775.43*	155.001**	373.65**	1.92*	129.23**	5644.79**	4051.39**
Groups	[1]	3998**	160.58**	2434.58**	0.31*	41.10**	1607.47**	351.94**
Groups/Accessions	[48]	454.84**	154.88**	330.71**	1.046**	13.18**	1269.94**	318.59**
Error	98	167.46	0.115	0.199	0.346	3.78	400.53	83.21

*Significant at 0.05. **Significant at 0.01. NG: number of grains per panicle, 1000 GW: one thousand grain weight, YP: yield per pot, NP: number of panicles per hill, PL: panicle length, SP: spikelet per panicle, and SF: spikelet fertility.