Genetic Variability, Correlation, and Path Analysis of Thai Commercial Melon Varieties
Table 1
Analysis of variance for agronomic and fruit characteristics of melon varieties.
Values
SD
SL
LW
LL
LN
LC
DMF
DFF
FW
FP
FH
No. of replications (rep)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
No. of treatments (trt)
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Trt mean sum of square
0.03
14504.26
26.83
27.00
73.23
70.12
9.85
11.75
0.74
127.64
13.54
Rep mean sum of square
0.01
2124.24
13.54
7.78
13.23
8.00ns
0.75ns
1.62ns
0.07
13.47
1.66
Error mean sum of square
0.01
421.74
2.40
2.18
3.12
10.77
1.37
2.81
0.03
2.42
0.36
Trait mean
0.94
228.49
24.71
22.09
35.61
42.59
15.95
24.88
1.36
41.09
12.89
Minimum
0.74
140.00
18.00
15.00
29.00
32.90
13.00
22.00
0.90
32.00
10.05
Maximum
1.21
330.00
30.00
27.50
44.00
53.20
17.00
29.00
2.20
50.00
15.44
CV
8.76
8.99
6.27
6.69
4.96
7.70
7.33
6.74
12.47
3.78
4.63
Standard error
0.02
5.13
0.39
0.37
0.44
0.82
0.29
0.42
0.04
0.39
0.15
ns, not significantly different; Significant at ; Significant at . SD, stem diameter; SL, stem length; LL, leaf length; LW, leaf width; LC, leaf chlorophyll; LN, leaf number; DMF, day to 50% male flowering; DFF, day to 50% female flowering; FP, fruit perimeter; FH, fruit height; and FW, fruit weight.
