A Preliminary Evaluation of Variability, Genetic Estimates, and Association among Phenotypic Traits of African Yam Bean Landraces from Ghana

Table 3

The mean performances of the vegetative traits of the landraces.

Landraces	DSE 50	IL	LL	LW	NL	PDL	PL	DM	SD
AYBNR01	6.33	14.70	10.01	4.19	128.9	9.41	7.49	168.00	1.16
AYBNR02	5.67	15.16	9.93	4.18	127.1	10.30	7.10	151.3	0.96
AYBNR03	6.33	14.77	10.68	4.27	119.7	14.18	8.94	161.7	1.00
AYBVR04	6.33	13.34	10.57	4.21	106.6	14.33	8.12	162.0	0.95
AYBNR05	5.67	12.89	8.87	4.11	102.8	14.59	7.77	162.0	1.02
AYBVR06	5.67	11.21	10.14	4.18	102.4	11.90	8.24	167.3	0.94
AYBNR07	5.67	15.72	10.4	4.09	118.9	12.39	8.77	167.3	1.01
AYBNR08	5.67	14.17	10.46	4.50	119.6	9.92	8.73	162.0	0.96
AYBVR09	6.67	14.89	10.31	4.42	111.8	9.56	8.56	169.3	1.03
AYBNR10	6.33	11.23	10.48	4.01	119.00	13.09	8.84	163	0.98
AYBVR11	5.67	13.78	10.52	4.61	130.10	12.12	8.97	170.7	1.04
AYBRI1	6.33	11.42	9.89	4.41	144.90	12.41	8.70	154.3	1.07
AYBHS1	5.67	13.61	11.24	4.31	137.70	13.47	8.57	167.7	0.93
AYBHS2	6.00	11.11	10.91	3.77	131.90	11.90	8.90	162.7	1.07
AYBVR12	6.33	13.82	10.91	4.62	124.30	12.81	8.60	156.7	1.05
CV (%)	13.7	21.7	9.7	9.7	18.5	12	16.5	4.6	23.4
LSD (5%)	13.79	2.73	0.94	0.39	16.3	13.67	42.99	12.66	22.0909

LL = leaf length, LW = leaf width, LA = leaf area, IL = internode length, PL = petiole length, NL = number of leaves, PDL = peduncle length, and SD = stem diameter.