TABLE 2.
Average seed viability and germination percentage based on three germplasm groups of purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims) made up of 8 commercial cultivars, 14 genebank accessions and 34 landraces.
Germplasm Group | N | Mean (%) | Variance | Std. Dev. | Std. Error | CV | Skewing | Kurtosis | |
Seed Viability | Cultivars | 8 | 91.04 | 19.27 | 4.39 | 1.79 | 5.2 | –0.05 | –1.88 |
Genebank entries | 14 | 64.56 | 128.25 | 11.32 | 4.28 | 18.48 | 0.37 | –1.78 | |
Landraces | 34 | 71.29 | 247.49 | 15.73 | 2.7 | 21.82 | –0.4 | –1.32 | |
Germination Percent | Cultivars | 8 | 80.05 | 62.01 | 7.87 | 3.21 | 10.57 | –0.5 | –1.18 |
Genebank entries | 14 | 59.28 | 88.18 | 9.39 | 3.55 | 16.72 | –0.19 | –1.54 | |
Landraces | 34 | 62.93 | 101.65 | 10.08 | 1.73 | 16.05 | 0.15 | –1.32 |
P < 0.01, Based on n = 100 seed per accession.