Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variability, heritability and genetic advance for genotypes.

Trait				PCV	GCV	H (%)	GA (%)
Days to flowering	28.92	11.58	17.34	10.76	6.80	40.00	10.37
Days to maturity	52.66	45.66	7.00	8.55	7.96	86.70	16.15
Plant height	149.55	−2.24	147.31	34.57	−4.24	−1.50	−2.23
Number of nodes	2.20	0.15	2.05	21.72	5.71	6.90	2.69
Stem diameter	0.67	0.38	0.29	18.93	14.30	56.90	26.54
Inter node length	1.91	0.01	1.90	26.00	−1.88	−0.52	−2.85
Leaf area	47.43	9.98	37.45	33.30	15.30	21.00	15.53
LAI	1.23	0.35	0.88	48.02	25.56	28.33	27.62
Biological yield	1282.70	763.32	519.38	32.53	25.10	59.50	40.04
Pods per plant	19.76	13.51	6.25	39.86	32.96	68.40	53.20
Seeds per pod	0.74	0.38	0.36	19.85	14.25	51.55	12.59
Harvest index	0.05	0.01	0.04	38.63	7.73	20.00	26.37
HSW	105.25	100.34	4.91	38.63	37.72	95.33	74.52
Grain yield	87.29	65.79	21.50	31.20	27.10	75.40	46.95