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

Table 8

Association of morphological traits of African yam bean landraces.

	Pods/plant	SD	SPP	100 SW	Pod length	PW	PBL	PWPP	SL	SWd	SW/P
Stem diameter (cm)	0.068
Seeds/pod	−0.151	0.279
100 seed weight (g)	0.576	0.362	0.195
Pod length	0.272	0.145	0.398	0.433
Pod weight (g)	−0.088	0.042	0.305	−0.055	−0.242
Pod beak length (cm)	0.122	−0.368	−0.24	0.11	0.504	−0.197
Pod weight/Plant	−0.18	0.062	0.417	−0.046	−0.223	0.971	−0.27
Seed length (cm)	−0.056	−0.199	0.288	0.169	0.218	0.243	0.164	0.357
Seed width (cm)	0.179	0.278	0.375	0.025	−0.128	0.219	−0.411	0.267	0.218
Seed weight/plant	0.433	0.394	0.247	0.967	0.450	0.014	0.158	0.028	0.269	−0.068
Grain yield (kg ha^−1)	0.578	0.353	0.209	0.999	0.429	−0.024	0.11	−0.015	0.182	0.022	0.970

Where; SD = stem diameter, SPP = seeds per pod, 100 SW = 100 seed weight, PW = pod weight, PBL = Pod beak length, SL = seed length, SWd = seed width, and SW/P = seed weight per plant.