Genetic Variability of Exotic Sugarcane Genotypes

Table 2

Component for variances, heritability in broad sense (), and genetic advance (GA) for 15 variables of 9 exotic sugarcane genotypes.

Characters	GV	EV	PV	GCV	PCV	Heritability ()	GA
Leaf blade length	40.07	4.947	45.02	4.45	4.71	94.3	61.456
Leaf blade width	0.47	0.043	0.51	19.43	20.31	95.7	28.618
Fresh leaf weight	630.41	15.190	645.60	22.51	22.78	98.8	1178.444
Dried leaf weight	24.80	9.982	34.78	15.42	18.26	84.4	187.288
Number of tillers	3.88	0.718	4.59	16.20	17.64	91.9	71.525
Millable cane	4.84	0.405	5.24	22.28	23.19	96.1	105.069
Bud size	82.10	5.935	88.04	24.02	24.87	96.6	464.190
Chlorophyll	6.80	26.253	33.06	5.39	11.88	45.4	63.850
Cane diameter	0.14	0.009	0.15	17.58	18.16	96.8	13.873
Number of internodes	2.25	1.301	3.55	5.00	6.29	79.6	19.402
Internode length	0.88	0.061	0.94	8.55	8.84	96.7	17.106
Plant height	0.10	0.017	0.12	7.14	7.69	92.8	5.075
Stalk length	0.02	0.011	0.03	4.38	5.63	77.9	1.489
Brix%	1.88	0.370	2.25	7.05	7.71	91.4	21.757
Individual cane weight	0.24	0.002	0.24	37.79	37.96	99.6	38.115

Note. GV = genotypic variance, EV = error variance, PV = phenotypic variance, GCV = genotypic coefficient of variation, and PCV = phenotypic coefficient of variation.