Selection of Superior Lentil (Lens esculenta M.) Genotypes by Assessing Character Association and Genetic Diversity

Table 1

Analysis of variance for six yield contributing characters in 20 lentil genotypes and their interaction in two growing seasons (2010-11 and 2011-12).

Items	d.f.	Plant height	Primary branches plant^−1	Pods plant^−1	Seeds pod^−1	100-grain weight	Yield plant^−1
Genotype (g)	19	114.60^**	0.96^**	29660.29^**	0.66^**	0.08^**	2.52
Year (y)	1	477.20^*	1.40	36283.04^**	0.83^**	0.01^**	39.51^**
g × y interaction	19	6.31^**	0.03	161.78^**	0.08^**	0.003	1.49^**
Error	76	2.29	0.02	57.18	0.001	0.001	0.06

Significant at 0.01 probability.