Agromorphological Traits Variability of the Ethiopian Lentil and Exotic Genotypes

Table 8

Genetic parameter estimates for agromorphological characters of lentil genotypes at Sirinka 2010/11 cropping season.

Traits	Mean	Range	GV	PV	PCV	GCV	ℎ^2	GA	GAM
DFF	57.2	42–78	18.7	32.5	7.6	10	57.3	6.8	11.8
DM	95.7	77–138	119.3	164.8	11.5	13.5	72.4	19.2	20.1
NP	35.3	1.6–73.3	76.4	202.9	25	40.5	37.7	11.1	31.5
NS	1.2	0.5–2.0	0.1	0.18	22.6	30.1	56	0.4	34.8
PWPP	1.5	0.24–8.1	0.7	0.8	58.4	60.7	92.6	1.7	15.8
SWPP	1.1	0.1–3.4	0.2	0.3	36.3	51.6	48.9	0.6	52
NSPP	42.9	5.5–103.1	215.4	416.2	34.6	47.8	51.8	21.9	51
PH	34.6	20.6–44.7	13.4	21.6	10.6	13.4	62.3	6	17.3
SW	2.5	1.38–4.9	0.3	0.4	21.7	24.9	75.8	1	38.9
BI	286.8	35–767.8	9806.7	15955	34.7	44.2	61.5	160.5	56
SY	84.9	0–347.2	1192.3	2188.7	41.1	55.4	54.5	52.8	62.2
PSS	5	2–7	0.5	0.7	14	17.1	66	1.2	23.2

Triats, DFF = days to 50% flowering, DM = days to 90% maturity, NP = number of pods per plant, NS = number of seeds per pod, NSPP = number of seeds per plant, PH = plant height in cm, SW = 100-seed weight in gram, BI = above ground biomass, SY = seed yield.
GV = genotypic variance, PV = phenotypic variance, GCV = genetic coefficient of variation, PCV = phenotypic coefficient of variation, h ² = broad sense of heritability, GA = genetic advance, GAM = genetic advance as the percentage of the mean.