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Table 4.

Analysis of variance of 75 sweet potato genotypes (with four checks) in a RCBD experimental design.

Source of variation	df	MSS
Source of variation	df	FW	RN	RW	MRN	MRW	RL	RD	DW
Replication	2	138148***	13.29*	89623**	7.97^ns	122393***	28.84**	107.34***	2.32^ns
Genotypes	74	13457*	6.25***	36630***	13.05*	40021***	8.25**	6.02^ns	7.74***
Residuals	148	8643	3.40	15703	8.35	15167	5.08	4.65	3.10
CV (%)		29.11	34.59	34.15	70.27	36.63	18.26	12.99	7.51

^df degrees of freedom, ^CV coefficient of variation, ***significant at p < 0.001, **significant at p < 0.01, *significant at p < 0.05, NS = non-significant, ^FW average foliage fresh weight per plant (g), ^RN average storage root number per plant, ^RW average storage root weight per plant (g), ^MRN marketable storage root number per plant, ^MRW marketable storage root weight per plant (g), ^RL average storage root length (cm), ^RD average storage root diameter (cm) and ^DW dry weight of storage roots (%).