Genetic Diversity and Association of Yield-Related Traits in Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) Sourced from Different Agroecological Origins of Nigeria

Table 3

META combined over seasons, estimates of range, mean, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation (CV %) for 16 characters of 100 taro accessions at Abakaliki, Nigeria (2018 and 2019).

Traits	Estimates of range		Mean		Standard deviation	CV (%)
	Min	Max	2018	2019
NLPP	7.40	12.40	10.134	9.13	0.93	4.25
PHT	35.00	110.00	72.95	77.60	13.61	9.97
PL	16.67	69.00	32.15	31.49	6.42	13.49
LL	5.00	72.00	47.87	46.39	8.18	12.92
LB	16.50	56.40	36.43	35.30	5.82	11.60
LAI	0.02	0.25	0.13	0.12	0.04	21.20
NSPP	1.00	14.40	7.03	8.48	2.31	17.04
MD	178.00	213.00	196.1	192.01	10.36	2.96
YPP	0.05	1.16	0.67	0.67	0.21	16.34
COL	2.26	9.36	6.69	6.67	1.08	11.09
COD	2.62	11.06	6.74	6.74	1.22	10.73
CRL	3.40	8.38	5.69	5.86	0.85	10.59
CRD	2.45	5.95	3.71	3.71	0.48	8.26
COW	0.04	0.39	0.17	0.17	0.70	22.48
CRW	16.21	84.30	41.50	37.91	10.32	17.32
TYLD	1.25	18.08	9.49	10.67	3.57	16.13

NLPP: number of leaves per plant, PHt: plant height (cm), PL: petiole length (cm), NSPP: number of suckers per plant, MD: days to maturity, YPP: yield per plant (kg), CRW: cormel weight (g) and total yield (tons/ha), leaf length, leaf breadth, leaf area, corm length, corm diameter, cormel length, and cormel diameter.