Research Article
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 |
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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.
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