Estimation of Genetic Parameters of Different Wheat Genotype Traits in Chitwan, Nepal
Table 3
Estimation of genetic parameters (PCV, GCV, hbs2, and GCV) for quantitative and yield attributing traits of wheat genotypes in Chitwan, Nepal, 2014/2015.
PCV
GCV
hbs2
GAM
Flag leaf appearance
10.89
10.68
96.23
21.58
Days to booting
9.86
9.73
97.39
19.78
Days to heading
9.33
9.10
95.23
18.29
Days to anthesis
8.87
8.65
95.23
17.39
Days to maturity
5.71
5.46
91.41
10.75
Flag leaf area (cm2)
38.52
20.19
27.47
21.80
Plant height (cm)
11.40
9.21
65.21
15.32
Peduncle length (cm)
15.36
12.92
70.77
22.40
Spike length (cm)
22.93
8.58
13.99
6.61
Grain weight per spike (g)
44.55
24.82
31.04
28.48
No. of grain per spike
26.61
15.75
35.02
19.20
Thousand grain weight (g)
27.76
17.65
40.40
23.10
Biological yield(t ha−1)
20.07
13.07
42.40
17.54
Grain yield (t ha−1)
39.21
27.94
50.79
41.02
Harvest index (%)
36.29
25.74
50.30
37.60
PCV = phenotypic coefficient of variation, GCV = genetic coefficient of variation, hbs2 = broad-sense heritability, GAM = genetic advance as a percentage of the mean.
