Research Article

Genetic Parameters for Determining Useful Parents in Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) Breeding for Early Maturity, Small Seed Size, and High Seed Yield

Table 2

Analysis of variance of mungbean agronomic characters in 5 × 5 complete diallel.

Source of variationdf.Mean squares
∑ cluster∑ branchesPlant height∑ pods/plantPod lengthDays to maturitySeed yield per plant100-seed weight

Replications24.95 ns0.25 ns177.50 69.41 0.61 3.36 ns15.66 0.48 ns
Genotypes243.76 0.43 321.04 59.33 0.92 18.70 8.62 4.12
Error480.280.0910.453.690.184.560.730.32

Symbols and are significant at 5 and 1% level of probability; ns: nonsignificant.