Genetic Variability and Association of Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Gechi District, South West Ethiopia

Table 11

Cluster mean values for sixteen traits in forty-nine (49) bread wheat genotypes.

Traits	Cluster
	I	II	III	IV	V
DH	71.1 ± 3.34	67.5 ± 2.22	70.3 ± 2.14	64.28 ± 2.24	72 ± 3.54
DM	114.1 ± 3.79	104 ± 2.33	109 ± 2.19	100.7 ± 1.39	110 ± 3.54
GFP	43.85 ± 1.99	37 ± 1.64	38.9 ± 1.68	36.67 + 1.17	37.5 ± 0.5
NTPP	2.433 ± 0.26	2.38 ± 0.31	2.21 ± 0.37	2.085 + 0.4	2.82 ± 0.19
NFPP	2.069 ± 0.31	2.03 ± 0.28	1.89 ± 0.53	1.753 ± 0.41	2.19 ± 0.33
PH	75.71 ± 3.16	76.4 ± 2.53	69.8 ± 3.53	71.41 ± 2.82	82 ± 7.18
SL	8.716 ± 0.42	8.38 ± 0.49	7.67 ± 0.62	8.007 ± 0.67	8.69 ± 0.06
AL	7.693 ± 0.39	7.52 ± 0.60	7.51 ± 0.82	7.523 ± 0.57	8.2 ± 0.78
NGPs	3.214 ± 0.17	3.27 ± 0.26	3.33 ± 0.33	3.179 ± 0.27	3.38 ± 0.11
NKPS	45.88 ± 2.52	43.6 ± 3.81	43.5 ± 4.23	37.16 ± 3.55	38.8 ± 1.66
NsPS	15.15 ± 0.83	14.7 ± 1.10	14.7 ± 1.07	13.48 ± 0.75	14.4 ± 0.74
YPP	1.626 ± 0.16	1.63 ± 0.17	1.32 ± 0.16	1.199 ± 0.14	1.38 ± 0.06
TSW	31.62 ± 3.83	32.8 ± 3.28	23.8 ± 3.02	25.36 ± 3.77	32.9 ± 0.52
BMY	9.542 ± 1.38	9.16 ± 1.53	7.98 ± 0.62	7.742 ± 1.40	9.42 ± 0.73
HI	0.355 ± 0.05	0.37 ± 0.05	0.39 ± 0.02	0.401 ± 0.05	0.4 ± 0.02
GY	3.407 ± 0.78	3.41 ± 0.79	3.11 ± 0.24	3.122 ± 0.34	3.82 ± 0.43

DH = days to 50% heading, DM = days to 90% maturity, GFP = grain filling period, NTPP = number of total tillers plant⁻¹, NFPP = number of fertile tillers plant⁻¹, PH = plant height (cm), SL = spike length (cm), AL = awn length (cm), NGPs = number of grains spikelet⁻¹, NKPS = number kernel spike⁻¹, NsPS = number of spikelets spike⁻¹, YPP = yield plant⁻¹ (g), TSW = thousand seed weight (g), BMY = biomass yield (tha⁻¹), HI = harvest index, GY = grain yield (tha⁻¹).