Research Article

Agromorphological Characterization of Maize Hybrids and Estimation of Genetic Parameters in Mid-Hills of Far-West Nepal

Table 2

Analysis of variance for alpha-lattice design.

Source of varianceDegree of freedom (df)Sum of squareMean sum of squareF valuePr (>f)

Replication (r)(r − 1)SSrMSrMSr/MSe
Block within replication {b (r)}r (b − 1)SSbMSbMSb/MSe
Genotypes (g)g – 1SSgMSgMSg/MSe
Errorrg − rb − g + 1SSeMSe
Totaln − 1SSt