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Research Article

Assessment of the Effects of Seed Storage Time on Germination Rate and Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Varieties for Yield and Related Traits

Table 6

Performance of the quantitative traits expressed in mean’s, range and range-unit.
TraitsTrait mean ± SERange (min to max)Range unit
LL7.51 ± 1.206.33–8.962.63
LW3.99 ± 0.522.95–4.992.04
LA25.42 ± 3.1212.47–32.9520.48
LAI186.6 ± 28.54136.04–245.68109.64
PoL6.89 ± 1.215.68–8.202.52
PoW1.46 ± 0.021.26–1.760.50
IL4.48 ± 1.873.79–5.111.14
PHFPo33.5 ± 3.2228.06–40.0011.94
PH106.87 ± 11.1290.81–123.5532.74
NBPP1.37 ± 0.040.99–1.810.82
NPPP23.47 ± 1.2418.57–30.5611.99
NSPP61.97 ± 4.6745.71–78.9733.26
NSPPo2.67 ± 0.072.21–3.060.85
DTF58.34 ± 3.3453.17–64.8311.66
DTM128.44 ± 6.19120.00–138.4418.44
SFP69.15 ± 2.7663.50–78.2014.70
SPE2422.07 ± 65.331031.00–4474.973443.97
TSW629.97 ± 21.12484.67–799.67315.00
EGR52.08 ± 3.3434.60–77.1442.54
BmWPP4561.39 ± 22.122890.63–7257.974367.34
SYPP1543.64 ± 16.23784.97–2459.731674.76
HI34.37 ± 5.2923.54–56.5933.05
LL = leaf length; LW = leaf width; LA = leaf area; LAI = leaf area index; NBPP = number of branches per plant; NPPP = number of pods per plant; NSPPo = number of seeds per pod; NSPP = number of seeds per plant; PH = plant height; PHFPo = height to the first podding node; PoL = pod length; PoW = pod width; IL = internode length; DTF = days to flowering; DTM = days to maturity; SFP = seed filling period; TSW = thousand seed weight; SYPP = seed yield per plot; SPE = seed production efficiency; BmWPP = biomass weight per plot; HI = harvest index; EGR = economic growth rate.