A Preliminary Evaluation of Variability, Genetic Estimates, and Association among Phenotypic Traits of African Yam Bean Landraces from Ghana
Table 7
Association of morphological traits of African yam bean landraces.
DF
DM
DSE 50
IL
LL
LW
NL
PDL
PL
PPPDL
DM
−0.235
DSE 50
0.238
−0.079
IL
−0.007
0.106
−0.037
LL
0.413
0.201
0.142
0.036
LW
−0.089
−0.001
0.091
0.344
0.127
NL
0.433
−0.234
0.033
−0.036
0.364
0.161
Peduncle length (cm)
0.145
−0.103
−0.06
−0.304
0.044
−0.157
−0.186
Petiole length (cm)
0.145
0.305
0.142
−0.247
0.573
0.169
0.205
0.26
Pods/peduncle
0.026
0.081
−0.445
0.247
−0.029
0.386
0.396
0.09
0.113
Pods/plant
0.253
0.178
0.101
−0.472
−0.286
−0.395
−0.297
0.04
0.051
−0.348
Stem diameter
0.040
0.071
0.413
0.018
−0.19
0.037
0.383
−0.289
−0.03
0.257
Seeds/pod
0.372
0.139
0.256
0.402
0.276
0.05
0.520
−0.345
−0.086
0.145
100 seed weight
−0.257
0.128
0.145
−0.388
−0.427
−0.202
−0.054
−0.411
−0.191
−0.232
Pod length (cm)
−0.077
0.211
−0.128
0.073
−0.233
−0.408
−0.015
0.04
0.13
0.161
Pod weight (g)
0.178
0.344
−0.076
−0.009
0.197
0.416
0.431
0.013
0.122
0.185
Pod beak length (cm)
−0.315
0.200
−0.327
−0.381
−0.11
−0.346
−0.428
0.560
0.217
0.041
Pod weight/plant
0.148
0.300
−0.091
0.11
0.179
0.449
0.469
−0.108
0.031
0.224
Seed length (cm)
0.002
−0.072
−0.486
−0.09
0.196
0.052
0.333
−0.045
0.07
0.228
Seed width (cm)
0.470
−0.004
0.425
0.264
0.299
0.357
0.118
−0.044
0.085
−0.045
Seed weight/plant (cm)
−0.287
0.111
0.063
−0.436
−0.351
−0.236
0.105
−0.393
−0.162
−0.147
Grain yield (kg/ha)
−0.245
0.142
0.134
−0.396
−0.417
−0.204
−0.039
−0.41
−0.192
−0.229
Where = , = , = significant level of probability, LL = leaf length, LW = leaf width, LW = leaf width, IL = internode length, PL = petiole length, NL = number of leaf, PDL = peduncle length, PPPDL = pods per peduncle, DF = days to 50% flowering, DM = days to maturity, and DSE 50 = days to 50% emergence.
