Table 3.

Genetic diversity indices for the 18 Libyan date palm cultivars

Cultivar	N	N a	N e	H obs	H exp	UH exp	F	P %
Abel	23	1.938	1.767	0.747	0.379	0.387	−0.973	75.00
Bamour	7	2.813	2.121	0.653	0.491	0.530	−0.329	100.00
Berni	21	2.625	1.733	0.622	0.348	0.356	−0.790	87.50
Bestian	33	2.750	1.684	0.629	0.339	0.344	−0.855	93.75
Deglet	25	1.688	1.630	0.625	0.314	0.320	−0.992	62.50
Halima	15	1.750	1.750	0.750	0.375	0.388	−1.000	75.00
Hamria	34	3.313	2.049	0.915	0.497	0.504	−0.842	100.00
Kathari	34	2.500	1.861	0.807	0.425	0.432	−0.897	93.75
Noyat Meka	9	2.563	1.755	0.576	0.365	0.387	−0.578	93.75
Omglaib	12	1.563	1.563	0.563	0.281	0.293	−1.000	56.25
Saiedi	21	1.813	1.813	0.813	0.406	0.416	−1.000	81.25
Saila	11	1.625	1.625	0.625	0.313	0.327	−1.000	62.50
Sokeri	19	5.125	3.630	0.708	0.656	0.674	−0.079	100.00
Tagiat	39	1.813	1.813	0.813	0.406	0.412	−1.000	81.25
Talis	25	1.625	1.625	0.625	0.313	0.319	−1.000	62.50
Tameg	22	2.750	1.833	0.685	0.380	0.389	−0.802	81.25
Tasferit	13	3.938	2.124	0.630	0.478	0.497	−0.319	100.00
Zebur	14	1.625	1.625	0.625	0.313	0.324	−1.000	62.50
Mean	20.9	2.434	1.889	0.689	0.393	0.406	−0.803	81.60
SE	0.5	0.071	0.043	0.025	0.014	0.014	0.028	3.63

N sample size, N_a number of alleles, N_e number of effective alleles, H_obs observed heterozygosity, H_exp expected heterozygosity at the HW equilibrium, UH_e unbiased expected heterozygosity, F Fixation Index, P % percentage of polymorphic loci