Research Article

Genetic Variability for the Yield and Yield-Related Traits in Some Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines in the Central Highland of Ethiopia

Table 3

Maize inbred lines exhibiting minimum and maximum values for the traits evaluated with the means and standard deviations.

S/NTraitsMinimumMaximumMeanSD (±)
ValueLineValueLine

1DT91.49AMH169-5114.51AMH169-22103.551.84
2DS89.61AMH169-8113.89AMH169-22105.991.73
3PH111.45AMH169-12200.86AMH169-22145.177.54
4EH44.06AMH169-12118.64AMH169-2267.297.03
5NLPP11.2AMH169-2816.73AMH16911514.420.51
6LL54.99AMH169-3383.05AMH169-8167.832.79
7LW8.35AMH169-7511.27AMH169-879.610.5
8NTB6.84AMH169-823.04AMH169-2214.791.37
9EL8.25AMH169-11415.1AMH169-2811.591.09
10ED3.29AMH169-14.6AMH169-863.830.39
11NKRPE10.67AMH169-5513.78AMH169-3312.220.69
12NKPR15.76AMH169-7531.87AMH169-2822.922.77
13NEPP0.97AMH169-751.64AMH169-511.20.25
14TKW160.19AMH169-28354.32AMH169-87228.9124.43
15GYPP47.37AMH169-116111.78AMH169-5575.4815.79
16GYPH824.15AMH169-13384.52AMH169-552137.57450.19
17AGBYPP414.94AMH169-33893.82AMH169-87657.98127.26
18HI13.39AMH169-2236.78AMH169-5524.973.46

Note. AGBYPP = aboveground biomass yield per plant (g), DT = days to 50% tasseling, DS = days to 50% silking, ED = ear diameter (cm), EH = ear height (cm), EL = ear length (cm), GYPH = grain yield per hectare (kg), GYPP = grain yield per plant (g), HI = harvest index, LL = leaf length (cm), LW = leaf width, NEPP = number of ear per plant, NLPP = number of leaves per plant, NTB = number of tassel branches, NKRPE = number of kernel rows per ear, NKPR = number of kernel per row, PH = plant height (cm), SD = standard deviation, S/N = serial number, and TKW = thousand kernel weight (g).