Table 2.

Analysis of variance for different quantitative traits in garden pea.

Source of variation	d.f	Plant height	Node bearing first flower	Days to 50% flowering	Number of pods per plant	Pod length	Pod width	Number of seeds per pod	Pod weight	Shelling percentage	Yield per plant
Replication	2	10.00	0.98	12.10	5.10	0.05	0.02	0.41	0.21	10.31	10.56
Treatment	65	160.53**	3.32**	159.01**	43.16**	4.66**	0.32**	1.33**	1.60**	65.34**	636.94**
Parents	10	257.95**	3.44**	389.41**	31.78**	4.50**	0.21**	1.99**	2.60**	77.69**	834.78**
F1	54	144.10**	2.86**	107.56**	43.90**	4.66**	0.26**	1.17*	1.43**	62.95**	543.27**
PVF1	1	73.67**	27.12**	633.60**	117.00**	6.65**	4.46**	3.28**	0.40*	71.15**	3716.43**
Error	130	12.66	0.86	6.54	4.42	0.57	0.04	0.58	0.18	19.32	83.34

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^**Significant at 5% and 1% probability, respectively.