Table 2: Mean square analysis of variance for 321 lowland rice genotypes tested at Pawe, North western Ethiopia.
Source of Variation |
DF |
Mean Squares |
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DH |
DM |
PH |
PL |
NFG |
NUFG |
TSW |
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Block (Eliminating treatments) |
31 |
54.19ns |
55.81** |
39.29** |
2.58** |
332.41** |
1.99* |
1.68** |
Treatment (Eliminating blocks) |
351 |
202.63** |
84.61** |
222.41** |
3.17** |
346.99** |
4.98** |
10.49* |
Effects Among New Genotypes |
316 |
65.28* |
29.07* |
88.37** |
2.72** |
180.13ns |
2.39ns |
3.92** |
Effects Among Checks |
3 |
82ns |
4.66ns |
1.68ns |
2.55ns |
128.33ns |
9.00** |
3.98ns |
Effects on New Genotypes Versus Checks |
1 |
108.52ns |
54.04ns |
33.12ns |
0.38ns |
1.78ns |
6.00ns |
1.53ns |
Error |
93 |
38.95 |
18.75 |
19.14 |
1.45 |
169.38 |
1.99 |
1.57 |
R2 |
0.96 |
0.95 |
0.98 |
0.90 |
0.90 |
0.91 |
0.97 |
|
CV (%) |
6.69 |
3.39 |
5.36 |
6.27 |
13.69 |
34.39 |
4.89 |
|
Root MSE |
6.24 |
4.33 |
4.37 |
1.20 |
13.01 |
1.41 |
1.25 |
|
Minimum |
71 |
94 |
46.8 |
13.8 |
45 |
0 |
17.89 |
|
Maximum |
152 |
151 |
123.6 |
23.2 |
172 |
16 |
36.88 |
|
Range |
81 |
57 |
76.8 |
9.4 |
127 |
15 |
18.99 |
|
Variance |
163.80 |
61.79 |
156.99 |
2.99 |
377.47 |
5.72 |
9.25 |
|
Standard deviation |
12.80 |
7.86 |
12.53 |
1.73 |
19.43 |
2.39 |
3.04 |
|
Mean |
93 |
128 |
81.55 |
19.18 |
95 |
4 |
25.62 |
Where: DH: Days to 50% Heading; DM: Days to 85% Maturity; PH: Plant Height(cm); PL: Panicle Length(cm); NFG: Number of Filled Grains per Panicle; NUFG: Number of Unfilled Grains per Panicle; TSW: 1000 seed weight(g); CV: Coefficient of Variation, MSE: Mean Square of Error; R2: R-squared (percent of the total variability in the data relating to the corresponding quantitative trait); *: Level of Significance at a Probability level (P) < 0.05 (*: slightly significant, **: highly significant).