Genetic Diversity and Association of Yield-Related Traits in Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) Sourced from Different Agroecological Origins of Nigeria
Table 4
Multi environment trial analysis for individual seasons, Abakaliki (2018 and 2019).
Environment
Statistic
NLPP
LL
LB
LAI
COL
COD
CRD
CRL
COW
2018
Heritability
0.57
0.60
0.50
0.56
0.38
0.57
0.32
0.39
0.65
Genotype variance
0.17
24.56
8.38
0.00
0.26
0.58
0.03
0.14
0.00
Residual variance
0.27
33.05
16.65
0.00
0.86
0.88
0.14
0.43
0.00
Grand mean
10.13
47.87
36.43
0.13
6.70
6.74
3.71
5.69
0.17
LSD
0.80
8.99
5.86
0.04
1.14
1.41
0.43
0.83
0.08
CV (%)
5.09
12.01
11.20
21.60
13.81
13.92
10.24
11.56
28.36
Replicates
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Genotype significance
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.09
0.03
0.00
2019
Heritability
0.57
0.41
0.53
0.59
0.38
0.57
0.32
0.67
0.65
Genotype variance
0.17
14.80
10.37
0.00
0.26
0.58
0.03
0.32
0.00
Residual variance
0.27
42.56
18.09
0.00
0.86
0.88
0.14
0.32
0.00
Grand mean
9.13
46.39
35.30
0.13
6.70
6.74
3.71
5.87
0.17
LSD
0.80
8.40
6.30
0.04
1.14
1.41
0.43
0.93
0.08
CV (%)
5.65
14.06
12.05
21.13
13.81
13.92
10.24
9.57
28.36
Replicates
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Genotype significance
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.09
0.00
0.00
NLPP: number of leaves per plant, LL: leaf length, LB: leaf breadth, LAI: leaf area, COL: corm length, COD: corm diameter, CRL: cormel length and CRD: cormel diameter.
