Research Article

AMMI Stability Analysis and Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Growth and Yield Components in Cassava in the Forest and Guinea Savannah Ecologies of Ghana

Table 3

Combined analyses of variance for seven traits evaluated on 20 cassava genotypes in two ecologies of Ghana.

SourcedfPlt_ht (cm)Stem diam (cm)Ht_branchRt_yld (t/ha)DM%HICMD score

Rep2741.600.741739.90178.2211.200.020.84
Geno (G)19
Env (E)3
57
Residual158750.700.09481.5061.5813.950.010.22

Total239

at , , and , respectively, ns = not significant (), df = degree of freedom, Plt_ht = plant height (cm), Stem diam = stem diameter (cm), Ht_branch = height at first branching (cm), Rt_yld = storage root yield (t/ha), DM% = dry matter content (%), HI = harvest index, and CMD_Score (1–5) = cassava mosaic disease score (based on scoring chart where 1 denotes no symptom and 5 denotes highly diseased plants).