Sugarcane Landraces of Ethiopia: Germplasm Collection and Analysis of Regional Diversity and Distribution

Table 6

Percent of coefficient of variation for 21 quantitative characters in sugarcane germplasm by region of origin.

(a)

Regions	SPC1MAP	SPC2MAP	TC4MAP	TC5MAP	STC10MAP	Brix10MAP	MSCHA	SCW	NOI	IL	SH
Amhara	104.31	95.60	79.50	65.58	52.54	13.14	53.87	25.18	16.72	16.81	13.89
Benshangul-Gumz	121.05	103.44	103.99	80.75	58.60	13.75	59.80	21.64	15.91	15.92	15.69
Introduced	116.15	80.77	71.98	60.11	42.85	14.13	39.34	23.41	13.13	15.73	16.43
Oromiya	81.27	73.58	71.87	48.68	40.98	12.39	39.96	23.04	14.92	16.74	13.35
SNNPR	72.12	81.17	66.27	49.75	35.63	13.92	42.49	26.20	13.68	15.14	15.14
Tigray	55.85	84.35	64.60	45.33	24.53	12.15	26.04	18.02	16.53	12.14	11.21
Entire data	75.49	74.10	58.70	45.97	31.40	12.06	34.07	23.32	12.93	15.18	13.34

(b)

Regions	SD	LL	LW	LA	CYHA	Brix	Pol	Purity	Yield	Sugar yield
Amhara	8.78	14.02	21.81	29.86	58.56	8.92	10.40	2.89	11.70	60.33
Benshangul-Gumz	14.48	12.97	20.31	27.72	55.50	10.25	10.87	2.85	11.60	56.00
Introduced	13.99	10.66	15.91	20.79	46.80	5.89	7.60	3.76	9.87	51.34
Oromiya	10.35	10.93	18.70	23.86	45.57	6.54	6.92	2.80	7.80	45.86
SNNPR	11.93	11.56	16.59	23.05	49.89	7.52	8.37	3.45	9.56	50.65
Tigray	7.37	10.01	25.41	31.93	33.43	6.43	6.85	2.11	7.43	32.15
Entire data	9.91	10.38	17.52	22.84	39.17	7.40	8.22	2.84	9.26	40.73