Genetic Variability and Its Implications on Early Generation Sorghum Lines Selection for Yield, Yield Contributing Traits, and Resistance to Sorghum Midge

Table 1

Mean square for traits across environments.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	1234336	191,2	15202	193,38	120,36	0,73
Entries	281	17737	9585,	484	219,9	102,6	0,1
PD	1	354870	1287836,	33977	49,1	2005,5	50,4
Sites	1	3068158	1640346,	108724	12805,5	100,8	27,8
Entries.PD	281	12976	147	226	70,2	77,3	0,1
Entries.Sites	281	11923	1159,	316	72,0	80,2	0,1
PD.Sites	1	772378	1679	25865	379,1	3829,8	9,9
Entries.PD.Sites	281	10406	987,	260	38,5	67,0	0,1
Residual	1127	62286	852,4	1540	49,91	64,47	0,06
CV		65,3	15,4	42,5	10,2	39,5	69,6

GY: grain yield; PH: plant height; PW: panicle weight; FF: days to 50% flowering; TSW: 1000 seeds weight; MD: midge damage; PD: planting dates; ns: not significant; at 1%; at 5%.