Association Analysis of SSR Markers with Phenology, Grain, and Stover-Yield Related Traits in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)
Table 1
Mean performance of 250 FS from CO (Cu) 9 and its immediate progenitor populations for phenology, grain, and stover-yield related traits in the rainy season 2005 and summer season 2006 at Patancheru, India.
Trait
Rainy season
Summer season
Across-season
Min.
Mean
Max.
Min.
Mean
Max.
Min.
Mean
Max.
FT
47
54
61
24.16**
0.89
54
59
65
11.12**
0.83
51
56
62
26.99**
8.29**
0.71
PH
178
216
269
653.9**
0.87
155
179
217
378.5**
0.83
174
197
226
801.3**
244.4**
0.70
PL
22.2
27.5
33.9
17.14**
0.87
22.6
28.0
35.8
16.21**
0.84
23.0
27.8
33.7
29.91**
3.42**
0.83
PD
21.7
25.9
30.1
8.10**
0.81
20.4
25.1
29.9
9.98**
0.82
22.1
25.5
28.7
15.15**
2.93**
0.75
PY
197
297
379
4027**
0.69
118
242
333
3977**
0.69
224
270
321
5215**
2961**
0.52
GY
130
219
284
2716**
0.69
84
165
240
2072**
0.67
164
192
233
3003**
1870**
0.50
PTP
64.1
73.6
80.6
18.05**
0.65
57.5
68.2
74.8
24.32**
0.57
68.5
70.9
73.0
24.64**
17.76*
0.43
SDMY
176
322
488
8862**
0.82
166
268
397
4327**
0.75
223
295
375
9377**
4046**
0.62
BMY
413
619
817
20540**
0.76
328
511
687
10455**
0.71
460
566
666
19405**
11532**
0.53
TGM
7.05
9.53
12.12
2.85**
0.83
6.22
8.38
10.50
1.64**
0.75
7.55
8.96
10.52
3.40**
1.09**
0.67
PGN
1117
2054
3205
487189**
0.85
1229
2107
3287
338002**
0.73
1330
2081
2823
627865**
196027**
0.67
HI
27.5
35.3
41.0
17.95**
0.74
19.9
32.3
41.1
32.51**
0.70
29.5
33.8
38.0
32.61**
17.93**
0.54
: genotypic variance, : genotype × season interaction variance, : heritability; *significance at 0.05 level of probability, **significance at 0.01 level of probability; FT: flowering time (days), PH: plant height (cm), PL: panicle length (cm), PD: panicle diameter (mm), PY: panicle yield (g/m2), GY: grain yield (g/m2), PTP: panicle threshing percentage (%), SDMY: stover dry matter yield (g/m2), BMY: biomass yield (g/m2), TGM: 1000-grain mass (g), PGN: panicle grain number, and HI: harvest index (%).
