Genetic Variability, Heritability, and Clustering Pattern Exploration of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) Accessions for the Perfection of Yield and Yield-Related Traits

Table 6

Summary of the 27 traits studied significant variation revealed by analysis of variance.

Traits	Rep ()	Accessions ()		Max	Min	St. Dev	LSD	CV%
Phenological traits
DTE (d)	255.61	5.36		16	4	1.82	1.22	21.68
D50%F (d)	780.08	66.93		51	25	5.16	1.89	13.75
DTM (d)	155.34	249.59	13	163	103	9.52	5.20	7.27
Vegetative traits
PH (cm)	365.29	28.86		36.9	14.23	3.58	2.48	13.17
NBPP	77.96^ns	89.3		58	11	7.15	9.06	20.68
NStPP	260.95	30.89		29	6	3.50	1.84	24.65
NPetPP	1280.34	15342.71		420	140	71.64	11.76	24.43
NLPP	11523.06	138084.41		1260	420	214.93	35.28	24.43
NNdPS	84.88	11.54		18	6	2.37	2.32	19.62
INdLn (cm)	42..12	0.81		5.51	1.72	0.70	0.36	21.05
BFWP (g)	476.55^ns	53102.23		637.78	120.27	133.42	26.15	40.74
BDWP (g)	12766.16	15647.3		371.26	54.9	73.63	25.87	41.21
Yield traits
TNPPP	519.50	249.37		81	38	10.27	8.89	16.92
NMPP	594.30	240.74		72	25	9.98	8.17	20.54
NImPP	5.45^ns	27.16	12.07±0.17	24	5	3.63	4.02	30.08
FPW (g)	3928.16	50712.01		642.08	115.5	129.84	6.82	32.96
DPW (g)	5618.9	17298.6		402.9	88.89	75.99	6.07	30.18
PodLn (mm)	864.52	75.36		53.54	17.96	6.09	5.67	19.69
PodWD (mm)	294.09	13.34		29.13	9.74	2.88	3.16	16.83
NSdPP	1238.63	240.74		89	43	10.13	8.17	15.36
DSWPP (g)	3069.80	7274.22		306	70.5	50.06	17.46	26.32
SeedLn (mm)	198.70	11.68		22.48	7.54	2.44	2.15	17.71
SeedWd (mm)	129.01	129.01		19.15	6.97	1.95	1.70	16.81
HSW (g)	9339.53	2601.48		364.09	196.21	33.16	27.52	12.27
Shell%	35.88^ns	95.39		87.57	52.55	6.48	6.30	8.46
HI	66.98	262.23		82.88	38.21	9.50	3.43	16.13
Yld (kg/ha)	97550.34	300323.14		1679	370.38	316.64	25.32	30.18

Legend: Rep: replication; df: degree of freedom; ns: nonsignificant; SEm: standard error of the mean; St. Dev: standard deviation; Max: maximum; Min: minimum; : significant (); : highly significant (); CV: coefficient of variation. DTE: days to emergence (d); D50%F: days to 50% flowering (d); DTM: days to maturity (d); PH: plant height (cm); NBPP: number of branches per plant; NStPP: number of stems per plant; NPetPP: number of petioles per plant; NLPP: number of leaves per plant; NNdPS: no. of nodes per stem; INdLn: internode length (cm); BFWP: biomass fresh weight per plant (g); BDWP: biomass dry weight per plant (g); TNPPP: total no. of pods per plant; NMPP: number of mature pods per plant; NImPP: number of immature pods per plant; FPW: fresh pods weight (g); DPW: dry pods weight (g); PodLn: pod length (mm); PodWd: pod width (mm); NSdPP: number of seeds per plant; DSWPP: dry seed weight per plant (g); SeedLn: seed length (mm); SeedWd: seed width (mm); HSW: hundred seed weight (g), Shell%: shelling percent; HI: harvest index (%); and Yld: yield (kg/ha).