Variation and Relationships among Agronomic Traits in Durum Wheat [Triticum turgidum (L.) Thell. ssp. turgidum conv. durum (Desf.) MacKey] under South Mediterranean Growth Conditions: Stepwise and Path Analyses

Table 3

Analysis of variance mean squares for 10 characters of 56 durum wheat genotypes.

Source	Block	Genotype	Residual
DF	1	55	55
DHE	1.75	8.71	0.64
BIO	3960.32	2865.79	558.85
SN	405.08	207.87	67.43
GY	987.70	375.11	130.60
Yeco	1671.07	805.83	148.48
PHT	0.65	111.84	1.71
STW	992.46	1507.05	526.67
HI	24.78	64.79	11.55
CHL	493.08	8323.08	598.81
CT	0.10	7.39	0.35

DHE = days to head, BIO = aboveground biomass, SN = spike number, GY = grain yield, Y_eco = economical yield, PHT = plant height, STW = straw yield, HI = harvest index, CHL = chlorophyll content, and CT = canopy temperature.