Research Article

Genetic Variability and Association of Yield and Yield-Related Traits under Moisture Stress in Common Bean Genotypes (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Melkassa and Miesso, Ethiopia

Table 4

Estimate of range, mean, variance components, heritability, and genetic advance of common bean genotypes at MARC in 2018 cropping season.

TraitsRangeMean ± SEσ 2pσ 2eσ 2gPCV (%)GCV (%)H2(%)GAGAM (%)

DF35–3735.97 ± 0.570.340.140.201.631.2559.250.711.98
DM79–8280.28 ± 0.460.420.370.050.810.2811.770.160.20
PH35–5545.87 ± 6.4040.0825.714.3813.808.2735.864.6710.18
GFP43–4644.31 ± 0.690.420.260.161.470.9138.090.511.15
INL2–53.32 ± 6.560.960.910.0529.536.995.610.113.40
NN2–74.16 ± 13.040.680.580.1019.897.5214.290.245.84
PP5–2011.35 ± 14.3112.177.924.2530.7518.1834.962.5122.10
SP2–53.813 ± 7.500.430.240.1917.2611.3543.210.5815.33
HSW32–5139.133 ± 1.7319.587.0412.5411.319.0564.065.8314.89
SY989–23091432 ± 1.7390563.5926130.0364433.5621.0217.7371.15440.2130.75

PH = plant height (cm), DF = days to 50% flowering, DM = days to 95% maturity, GFP = grain filling period, INL = internodes length (cm), NN = number of node, PP = number of pod per plant, SP = number of seeds per pod, HSW = hundred seed weight (g), SY = seed yield per hectare (kg), SE = standard error mean, σ2p = phenotypic component of variances, σ2g = genotypic component of variances, σ2e =  environmental component of variances, PCV = phenotypic coefficient of variability, GCV = genotypic coefficients of variability, H = broad sense heritability, GA = expected genetic advance, and GAM% = genetic advance as percent of the mean.