Table 2.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of eight spike related traits tested for two environments
| Source of variation | DF | F value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSPP | SL | NSPS | GWPS | LTH | SLT | SLN | SLU | ||
| Environment | 1 | 50.42*** | 67.24*** | 16.89*** | 1.29 | 1.29 | 89.49*** | 60.84*** | 91.95*** |
| Genotype | 224 | 3.49*** | 11.85*** | 9.03*** | 10.76*** | 10.76*** | 1.98*** | 1.88*** | 3.17*** |
| Rep with in ENV | 1 | 1.61 | 4.60** | 0.01 | 4.78* | 4.78* | 36.18*** | 39.02*** | 8.24*** |
| Genotype X ENV | 224 | 8.70*** | 6.08*** | 5.81*** | 5.62*** | 1.18 | 1.30* | 1.23* | 2.05*** |
| Heritability | 69% | 76% | 89% | 91% | 84% | 40% | 39% | 53% | |
DF: Degree of freedom, ENV: Environment, Rep: Replication, NSPP: Number of spike per plant, SL: Spike length, NSPS: Number of spikelets per spike, GWPS: Grain weight per spike, LTH: Lowest tiller height, SLT: Spike-layer thickness, SLN: Spike-layer number, SLU: Spike-layer uniformity, ***; 0.001, **; 0.01, *; 0.05 level of significance