Table 3.
Range, mean, and coefficient of variation (CV%) for days to 50% flowering, 100-grain weight (TGW) and nutritional traits in a set of 212 and 39 pearl millet core collection accessions evaluated during the 2011 summer and 2011 rainy seasons, Patancheru, India.
| Trait | Range | Mean | No. of entries with greater trial mean | CV % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (39) | (212) | (39) | (212) | (39) | (212) | (39) | (212) | |
| Days to 50% flower (d) | 41–67 | 41–70 | 53.3 | 56 | 18 | 112 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| TGW (g) | 6–16 | 5–15 | 11.1 | 9 | 17 | 91 | 7.1 | 10.1 |
| (mg kg−1) | ||||||||
| Fe | 48–93 | 34–90 | 70.7 | 54 | 19 | 102 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| Zn | 33–65 | 30–74 | 52.6 | 49 | 23 | 96 | 3.2 | 8.3 |
| Mn | 10–17 | – | 13.8 | – | 19 | – | 7.0 | – |
| Cu | 4–7 | – | 5.7 | – | 21 | – | 11.1 | – |
| Mo | 0.6–2.2 | – | 1.4 | – | 18 | – | 23.2 | – |
| Ni | 0.7–1.9 | – | 1.2 | – | 19 | – | 28.2 | – |
| Ca | 85–249 | – | 172.6 | – | 19 | – | 1.9 | – |
| Mg | 1127–1837 | – | 1335.1 | – | 15 | – | 0.6 | – |
| Na | 8–22 | – | 14.0 | – | 18 | – | 7.5 | – |
| K | 3167–5133 | – | 4174.4 | – | 20 | – | 0.4 | – |
| P | 2900–4733 | – | 3644.7 | – | 17 | – | 0.4 | – |
| S | 1123–1703 | – | 1366.9 | – | 16 | – | 0.6 | – |