TABLE 8.

Variances, coefficient of variability and genetic advance of cooking time (after storage) in two crosses in cowpea.

Parameter	Denotation	Cross 1 [11(1)-1 × C9P(B)]	Cross 2 [11(1)-1 × TVu7687]
Mean	μ	48.70	67.73
Phenotypic variation	δ2p	195.63	392.35
Genotypic variance	δ2g	194.13	389.86
Phenotypic coefficient of variation	PCV (%)	28.73	29.25
Genotypic coefficient of variation	GCV (%)	28.60	29.15
Broad sense heritability	$h_{\text{b}}^2$	0.94	0.99
Genetic advance	GA	27.09	40.4