Genome-Wide Association Studies for Striga asiatica Resistance in Tropical Maize

Table 2

Mean squares and genetic parameters for germination distance and germination percentage.

Source of variation	DF	Germination distance	Germination percentage
Replications	3	32.31	628.9
Inbred lines	29	258.43	679.1
Residual	90	49.49	268.1
IVC		52.24	102.75
EVC		49.49	268.1
VP		101.73	370.85
BSH		51.35	27.71
GM		17.59	40.08
GCV		41.09	25.29
PCV		57.34	48.05

DF: degrees of freedom, IVC: inbred line variance component, EVC: error variance component, VP: phenotypic variance, BSH: broad sense heritability, GM: grand mean, GCV: genotypic coefficient of variation, PCV: phenotypic coefficient of variation. means significant at .