Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for the 13 characters of the 109 oat genotypes.

Character^†	Mean ± SE	Range	CV (%)
HT (days from 1 April)	38.3 ± 0.5	18.0–45.0*	13.3
MT (days from 1 April)	79.6 ± 0.5	67.0–87.0*	6.7
FP (days)	0.3 ± 0.9	18.0–64.0**	24.2
FOS (% d.w.)	2.40 ± 0.09	1.12–6.70	36.5
PH (cm)	133.0 ± 1.0	107.5–162.5**	7.7
SY (g m^−2)	304.0 ± 10.8	118.0–606.0**	37.1
HI (%)	22.4 ± 0.7	5.1–42.6	31.2
ST (kg hL^−1)	42.4 ± 0.4	33.9–53.5**	9.1
NP/m^2 (no. m^−2)	52.0 ± 0.9	36.0–84.0	17.3
NPa/m^2 (no. m^−2)	494.9 ± 13.2	246.0–918.0	27.8
SW/Pa (g )	1.46 ± 0.05	0.26–2.99	32.8
NS/Pa (no.)	64.9 ± 2.0	19.7–133.8	32.2
TSW (g)	25.0 ± 0.4	13.7–36.5**	18.3

^†HT: days to heading, MT: Days to maturity, FP: filling period, FOS: FOS content, PH: plant height, SY: seed yield, HI: harvest index, ST: seed test, NP/m²: number of plants per m², NPa/m²: number of panicles per m², SW/Pa: seed weight per panicle, NS/Pa: number of seeds per panicle, TSW: thousand seed weight.
*, **Denotes that variance among genotypes is statistically significant at 5% and 1% level of probability, respectively.