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

Table 7

Mean squares for traits across planting dates at Maradi.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	1071	10381.4	9380	298.54	134.47	0.02
Entries	281	7865	4854.	505	122.7	37.8	0.0
PD	1	916521	506918.	57979	436.8	142.9	52.5
Entries.PD	281	5007	1128.	303	65.2	17.9	0.0
Residual	563	32323	854.5	2213	70.83	18.51	0.04
CV		65.5	17.9	40.9	8.3	21.4	44.3

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%.