Genetic Variability and Its Implications on Early Generation Sorghum Lines Selection for Yield, Yield Contributing Traits, and Resistance to Sorghum Midge

Table 6

Mean squares for traits in the second planting date at Maradi.

Source of variation	d.f.	GY	PH	PW	FF	TSW	MD
Replications	1	316788	145.3	84656	1.95	5.1	0.27202
Entries	281	4495	2655.	401	6.6	32.	0.1373
Residual	281	21581	827.9	2532	7.81	22.19	0.09183
CV		52.6	20.3	34.5	26.7	23.8	49.1

GY: grain yield; PH: plant height; PW: panicle weight; FF: days to 50% flowering; TSW: 1000 seeds weight; MD: midge damage; ns: not significant; at 1%; at 5%.