Genotypic Variability and Correlation Studies in Pod and Seed Characteristics of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre in Orissa, India

Table 3

Analysis of variance and phenotypic variability of pod and seed characters of P. pinnata.

Characters	Degree of freedom	Genotype MSS	𝐹-Value	Mean	Range	SE	CD at 5%
Pod length (mm)	52	87.05	8.62**	51.66	39.88–66.04	2.6	5.15
Pod breadth (mm)	52	14.6	4.24**	21.84	17.93–27.02	1.52	3.01
Pod thickness (mm)	52	6.99	9.27**	7.91	4.98–11.63	0.71	1.41
100-pod weight (g)	52	9896.33	31.24**	314.05	230.60–488.20	14.53	28.77
Seed length (mm)	52	20.96	10.57**	20.46	14.93–28.15	1.15	2.28
Seed breadth (mm)	52	7.71	5.33**	13.8	10.08–17.56	0.98	1.94
Seed thickness (mm)	52	4.39	19.59**	5.97	4.01–8.96	0.39	0.77
100-seed weight	52	2649.0	74.90**	107.41	7.29–177.40	4.86	9.62

** significant at 1% level.