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

Table 2

Mean square for traits in the first planting date at Konni.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	2421264	4.8	10795.5	38.49	28.5	1.56515
Entries	281	10133	4270.	1451.	95.4	184.	0.1414
Residual	281	66375	647.9	643.6	79.77	190.6	0.06554
CV		53.8	10.5	35.4	12.5	35.5	48.1

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