Table 3 Shannon Diversity indexes, coefficients of variation, and maximum, minimum, range, mean and standard deviation values and their differences for 13 quantitative traits evaluated in 94 local landrace (LLR) and 85 current breeding lines (CBL) of pepper in China.

From: Genetic diversity between local landraces and current breeding lines of pepper in China

Quantitative trait

Population

Diversity index

Coefficient of variation (%)

Max

Min

Range

Mean

SD

Plant height (cm)

LLR

2.04

22.3

168.3

38.3

130.0

112.5

25.0

CBL

2.01

16.3

143.3

62.8

80.5

102.0

16.6

Difference

 + 0.03

 + 6.0

 + 25.0

− 24.5

 + 49.5

 + 10.4

 + 8.4

Length of leaf blade (cm)

LLR

1.54

19.5

21.1

5.4

15.6

12.4

2.4

CBL

2.04

26.6

26.4

7.9

18.5

16.4

4.4

Difference

− 0.50

− 7.1

− 5.3

− 2.4

− 2.9

− 3.9

− 1.9

Width of leaf blade (cm)

LLR

1.70

23.6

10.6

2.5

8.2

5.6

1.3

CBL

2.03

27.7

12.1

3.9

8.2

7.5

2.1

Difference

− 0.34

− 4.1

− 1.5

− 1.5

0.0

− 1.9

− 0.8

Length of petiole (cm)

LLR

1.61

23.5

10.1

1.7

8.4

5.7

1.3

CBL

2.04

29.1

13.7

3.5

10.2

8.0

2.3

Difference

− 0.43

− 5.7

− 3.6

− 1.8

− 1.8

− 2.3

− 1.0

Date of the first flower (d)

LLR

1.93

13.0

124.4

73.6

50.9

92.3

12.0

CBL

1.70

11.7

124.4

54.1

70.3

84.0

9.8

Difference

 + 0.23

 + 1.3

0.0

 + 19.4

− 19.4

 + 8.2

 + 2.2

First flowing node

LLR

2.06

35.6

23.8

5.2

18.7

10.2

3.6

CBL

1.75

22.9

16.3

4.5

11.8

9.7

2.2

Difference

 + 0.31

 + 12.7

 + 7.5

 + 0.7

 + 6.8

 + 0.5

 + 1.4

Length of fruit pedicel (cm)

LLR

2.17

24.3

7.3

2.4

4.9

4.1

1.0

CBL

2.04

27.6

9.0

2.6

6.4

5.0

1.4

Difference

 + 0.13

− 3.3

− 1.6

− 0.2

− 1.4

− 0.9

− 0.4

Weight of single fruit (g)

LLR

0.98

97.8

202.1

1.1

200.9

37.8

37.0

CBL

1.86

79.9

409.9

6.4

403.5

121.7

97.2

Difference

− 0.88

 + 17.9

− 207.8

− 5.2

− 202.6

− 83.9

− 60.3

Longitudinal diameter of fruit (cm)

LLR

1.49

40.6

20.4

1.5

18.9

9.7

3.9

CBL

1.87

36.2

36.4

7.4

29.1

18.5

6.7

Difference

− 0.38

 + 4.3

− 16.1

− 5.9

− 10.2

− 8.9

− 2.8

Fruit transverse diameter (cm)

LLR

1.76

56.7

9.8

0.8

9.0

3.6

2.0

CBL

1.90

51.2

11.3

1.1

10.1

5.0

2.6

Difference

− 0.14

 + 5.6

− 1.4

− 0.3

− 1.1

− 1.4

− 0.5

Thickness of flesh (mm)

LLR

1.65

42.1

5.9

0.7

5.3

2.6

1.1

CBL

2.01

43.6

9.1

1.4

7.7

3.9

1.7

Difference

− 0.36

− 1.5

− 3.1

− 0.7

− 2.4

− 1.3

− 0.6

Number of locules

LLR

1.87

20.5

4.3

2.0

2.3

2.8

0.6

CBL

1.70

18.4

4.3

2.0

2.3

3.2

0.6

Difference

 + 0.17

 + 2.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

− 0.3

0.0

Fruit firmness (Pa)

LLR

1.73

50.0

89.4

11.9

77.5

30.5

15.3

CBL

1.80

41.4

65.7

10.4

55.3

26.6

11.0

Difference

− 0.07

 + 8.7

 + 23.7

 + 1.5

 + 22.2

 + 3.9

 + 4.3