Table 3.
Analysis of variance for seed iron, zinc and phytic acid content in lentil cultivars evaluated at six locations in India during (2018–2019).
| Source of variation | Degrees of freedom DF | Seed Iron (Fe) | Seed Zinc (Zn) | Phytic Acid (PA) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | MSS | %TSS | SS | MSS | %TSS | SS | MSS | %TSS | ||
| ENV | 5 | 13589.15 | 2717.83***(0.000) | 29.30 | 7296.073 | 1459.21***(0.000) | 20.10 | 4.17 | 0.83***(0.000) | 3.74 |
| GEN | 15 | 13774.91 | 918.33***(0.000) | 29.70 | 6556.436 | 437.10***(0.000) | 18.06 | 99.63 | 6.64***(0.000) | 93.00 |
| GEN *ENV | 75 | 19008.78 | 253.45***(0.000) | 40.99 | 22454.46 | 299.39***(0.000) | 61.85 | 7.81 | 0.10***(0.000) | 100.00 |
| PC1 | 19 | 7581.14 | 399.01***(0.000) | 39.88 | 10254.75 | 539.72***(0.000) | 45.67 | 3.17 | 0.17***(0.000) | 40.52 |
| PC2 | 17 | 4951.10 | 291.24***(0.000) | 26.05 | 6535.867 | 384.46***(0.000) | 29.11 | 2.36 | 0.14***(0.000) | 70.69 |
| PC3 | 15 | 4080.40 | 272.03***(0.000) | 21.47 | 2697.802 | 179.85***(0.000) | 12.01 | 1.81 | 0.12***(0.000) | 93.81 |
| PC4 | 13 | 1536.91 | 118.22***(0.000) | 8.09 | 2107.734 | 162.13***(0.000) | 9.39 | 0.33 | 0.03* (0.245) | 98.00 |
| PC5 | 11 | 859.22 | 78.11***(0.000) | 4.52 | 858.3005 | 78.03** (0.007) | 3.82 | 0.16 | 0.01*(0.275) | 100.00 |
| PC6 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 (1.00) | 100.00 |
| Residuals | 192 | 1616.75 | 8.42 | 0.00 | 6669.495 | 34.74 | 0.00 | 4.68 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
* Significant at P ≤ 0.05 respectively; ** Significant at P ≤ 0.01 respectively; *** Significant at P ≤ 0.001respectively.