Research Article

Genetic Variability of Tunisian Faba Beans (Vicia faba L.) Based on Seeds’ Morphophysical Properties as Assessed by Statistical Analysis

Table 2

Morphophysical parameters of 24 faba bean seed accessions.

AccessionL (mm)W (mm)T (mm)Ad (mm)Gd (mm)Φ (%)EASa (mm2)V (mm3)Ra (%)OHSW (g)

01_029.0 K6.6 I5.0 EFGH6.8 M6.6 I74.3 BC1.36 DEFGHI1.32 IJ140 K156 K73 DEFGH47
02_0612.6 FG8.6 FG4.8 FGHI8.6 HI8.0 FGH63.9 EF1.47 BCDE1.82 G201 HI271 GHIJK68 FGHIJK6
03_0511.0 HIJ7.0 HI5.0 EFGH7.6 JKLM7.2 HI66.1 EF1.57 AB1.40 IJ166 IJK201 IJK63 JK180
03_0612.0 GH9.0 F5.0 EFGH8.6 HI8.1 FG67.8 DE1.33 FGHIJ1.80 G208 GHI282 FGHIJK75 CDEF160
79_5′11.8 GHI8.0 FGH5.2 DEFG8.3 HIJK7.8 GH67.0 DE1.48 BCD1.54 GHI195 HIJ257 GHIJK68 FGHIJK50
202_lot 29.0 K7.6 GHI5.6 ABCD7.4 LM7.2 HI80.6 A1.18 KL1.36 IJ165 IJK201 IJK84 A47
202_lot 310.6 HIJ8.6 FG6.2 A8.4 HIJ8.2 FG78.1 AB1.24 HIJKL1.38 IJ214 FGHI297 EFGHIJ81 ABC56
FAB 643410.0 JK6.9 HI4.5 HI7.1 M6.7 I67.6 DE1.45 BCDE1.54 GHI143 K162 JK69 EFGHIJ170
FAB 664113.5 F11.0 E5.0 EFGH9.8 FG9.0 DE67.1 DE1.22 IJKL2.20 F257 EFG388 EFG81 ABC94
Chourouk12.8 FG8.7 FG5.9 ABC9.1 GH8.6 DEF67.9 DE1.47 BCDE1.47 HIJ237 EFGH344 EFGH67 GHIJK77
Najeh10.7 HIJ8.2 FG5.3 CDEF8.0 IJKL7.7 GH72.6 C1.30 GHIJK1.55 GHI189 HIJK247 HIJK76 BCD57
Badii10.2 JK6.5 I5.0 EFGH7.2 LM6.9 I67.8 DE1.57 AB1.30 IJ150 JK173 JK63 JK50
03_0413.2 FG8.8 F5.2 DEFG9.0 GH8.4 EFG64.1 EF1.51 AB1.70 GH223 FGH315 EFGHI67 HIJ175
FAB 504216.9 DE13.9 BC4.9 FGH11.9 D10.4 C62.1 FGH1.21 JKL2.85 BCD344 D603 D82 AB140
01_0522.8 A14.0 BC6.0 AB14.2 AB12.4 A54.4 J1.63 A2.34 EF485 A1014 A61 K191
02_0420.4 B14.3 BC4.8 FGHI13.1 C11.1 BC54.7 J1.43 BCDE2.99 B392 CD734 D70 DEFGHIJ157
02_0522.1 A14.7 B5.7 ABCD14.1 AB12.2 A55.6 IJ1.50 ABC2.60 DE473 A972 A66 IJK173
03_0119.2 BC14.2 BC5.4 BCDE12.9 C11.3 B59.2 GHI1.35 DEFGHIJ2.64 CDE408 BC782 BC74 DEFG138
03_0218.2 CD13.4 C4.6 GHI12.0 D10.3 C57.0 IJ1.36 CDEFGH2.91 BC342 D604 D73 DEFGHI248
03_0316.2 E12.2 D4.2 I10.8 E9.3 D58.0 HIJ1.32 FGHIJ2.93 BC277 E435 E75 CDE182
03_0715.8 E11.6 E4.2 I10.5 EF9.1 DE57.9 HIJ1.36 CDEFGH2.82 BCD265 EF414 E74 HEFG157
205 bulk10.4 IJK6.8 I5.6 ABCD7.6 KLM7.3 HI70.7 D1.52 AB1.21 J170 IJK211 HIJK65 JK60
FAB 711119.0 BC16.4 A5.4 BCDE13.6 BC11.8 AB62.5 FG1.15 L3.08 B444 AB887 AB86 A122
Memdouh22.8 A17.0 A5.0 EFGH14.9 A12.4 A54.7 J1.34 EFGHIJ3.40 A488 A1020 A74 CDEFG184

L: length, W: weight, T: thickness, Ad: arithmetic diameter, Gd: geometric diameter, Φ: sphericity, E: elongation, A: flattening, Sa: seed area, V: volume, Ra: aspect ratio, and OHSW: one hundred seeds weight.