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

Table 4

Mean squares for traits across planting dates at Konni.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	2514949	8312.6	6006.4	298.54	8.9	1.90569
Entries	281	19693	573	2476.	122.7	144.	0.166
PD	1	35377	804414.	3276.	436.8	5832.	7.9800
Entries.PD	281	16635	125	1373.	65.2	127.	0.1346
Residual	563	92645	817.1	827	70.83	121	0.07053
CV		61.4	13.2	41.0	11.7	33.4	49.0

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%.