Diversity of Ethiopian Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) Accessions Based on Agromorphological Traits

Table 2

Mean squares from analysis of variance for 11 traits of 160 fenugreek accessions.

Trait	Mean squares
	Block (4)	Treatment (159)	Among checks (4)	Among tests (154)	Tests vs. checks (1)	Error (16)	CV (%)
DF	2.74^ns	9.59	9.38	17.14	11.1	1.39	2.3
DM	48.90^ns	78.17	102.08	68.38	1489.92	25.48	4.19
PHF	73.97	58.46	56.66	47.44	1763.13	10.63	10.63
NPPP	282.34	62.86	7.41^ns	60.57	637.20	3.65	13.80
NSPP	1.45^ns	4.75	2.93^ns	4.76	10.06	1.14	8.17
NPB	0.04^ns	1.47	0.27	1.05	71.17	0.05	9.56
NSB	0.78	0.61	0.10^ns	0.62	1.41	0.11	19.67
APL	0.37^ns	1.10	1.50^ns	1.08	1.99^ns	0.53	7.61
SYPP	0.57^ns	0.99	0.77^ns	1.00	0.42^ns	0.45	17.75
Yhkg	21746.3^ns	130778.6	130256	131178	71357.6	15973	12.46
TSW	11.21^ns	24.09	16.68^ns	24.20	37.45	6.56	13.65

Ns = nonsignificant, and  = significant and highly significant at and , respectively. Numbers in parenthesis represented degree of freedom. DF = Days to 50% flowering, DM = Days to 90% maturity, PHF = Plant height at flowering, NPPP = Number of pods per plant, NSPP = Number of seeds per pod, NPB = Number of primary branches, NSB = Number of secondary branches, APL = Average pod length, SYPP = Seed yield per plant in gram, Yhkg = Yield in kg per hectare, TSW (g) = Thousand seed weight in gram and CV (%) = Coefficient of variation in percentage.