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

Table 5

Mean squares for traits in the first planting date at Maradi.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	145655	20840.5	10054	26.9	346.56	0.03682
Entries	281	7143	3253.	345	85.2	22.9	0.00798
Residual	281	39197	840.2	1750	18.86	14.12	0.009737
CV		54.0	15.7	30.3	6.4	18.4	33.6

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%.