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Table 1 Mean squares and significant tests among 100 cowpea germplasm collections evaluated based on eight quantitative agronomic traits in two locations in Zambia

From: Assessing the genetic diversity of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] germplasm collections using phenotypic traits and SNP markers

Source of variation

DF

DTF

DTM

PDL

NPP

NSP

SDS

HSW

GYD

Location (L)

1

702.20*

13,806.30***

542.61***

2550.25***

29.7

0.01

6.30

107,770.00

Rep(R)

2

8.30

1731.08***

56.94**

20.91

1.72

2.40

0.67

388,357.00

Block (B)

18

196.90

167.30

8.84

61.44

14.77*

5.09*

13.25*

1,070,734.00***

Genotype (G)

99

242.50*

154.70*

14.02*

64.44

11.93*

2.10

10.26*

532,280.00***

Genotype × location

99

161.00

124.30

15.13*

71.32*

11.24*

1.06

8.15

233,499.00

Residual

180

148.00

107.20

10.66

50.41

8.66

1.72

7.07

207,464.00

Total

399

177.60

168.40

14.08

65.69

10.41

1.80

8.38

334,119.00

  1. Note: *, **,*** = Significance at 10, 5 and 1%, respectively; ns not significant, DF degrees of freedom, DTF days to flowering, DTM days to maturity, PDL pod length (cm), NPP number of pods per plant, NSP number of seeds per pod, SDS seed size, HSW hundred seed weight (g) and GYD grain yield in kg per hectare