Genetic Divergence in Northern Benin Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Landraces as Revealed by Agromorphological Traits and Selection of Candidate Genotypes
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of 14 quantitative agromorphological traits in 142 sorghum studied accessions.
Quantitative traits
Minimum
Maximum
Mean ± SE
Median
SD
CV
Days to 50% seed germination (d)
4
6
4.30 ± 0.04
4
0.52
12.06
Days to 50% flowering (d)
57
200
138.56 ± 2.92
137.50
34.79
25.11
Stem third internode girth (cm)
0.43
2.4
0.96 ± 0.02
0.91
0.28
28.56
Panicle width (cm)
3.83
18
9.13 ± 0.20
8.78
2.44
26.75
Exertion length (cm)
0
44.67
8.28 ± 0.73
5.40
8.73
105.52
Plant height (cm)
153.27
636.5
457.83 ± 7.87
470.67
93.76
20.48
Width of third leaf from top (cm)
4.4
10.27
7.52 ± 0.10
7.68
1.23
16.33
Length of third leaf from top (cm)
48.2
110.7
76.40 ± 0.88
76.32
10.53
13.78
Panicle length (cm)
17.13
62.23
38.88 ± 0.63
38.77
7.52
19.34
Peduncle length (cm)
28.47
93.33
51.49 ± 1.06
51.67
12.67
24.61
Panicle weight (g)
15
215.95
86.32 ± 2.78
83.03
33.10
38.35
100-seed weight (g)
2.01
4.47
3.25 ± 0.04
3.30
0.49
15.13
Number of internodes
7
38
22.49 ± 0.57
20.67
6.77
30.10
Grain yield (tons/ha)
0.72
10.57
3.15 ± 0.13
48.32
1.60
50.73
d = day, g = gram, SE = standard error of mean, SD = standard deviation, and CV = coefficient of variation.
