Table 5 Range, general mean, GCV, PCV, heritability, genetic advance and genetic advance as per cent of mean for morphological characters and blast disease in finger millet genotypes.

From: Identification of blast resistant finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) genotype through phenotypic screening and molecular profiling

Character

Range

Variance

Mean

GCV (%)

PCV (%)

h2bs

GA

GAM

Min

Max

PV

GV

DTF (days)

53.78

109.3

124.64

114.63

78.08

13.71

14.3

91.97

21.18

27.13

DTM (days)

88.65

141.4

132.93

125.71

109.41

10.25

10.54

94.57

22.49

20.56

PH (cm)

42.01

109.04

148.55

146.05

79.09

15.28

15.41

98.32

24.72

31.26

1000 SW (g)

0.62

5.11

0.34

0.28

2.44

21.64

23.83

82.4

0.99

40.52

SY per plant (g)

2.73

60.61

61.70

60.11

13.61

56.99

57.74

97.42

15.79

116.04

Leaf blast

1.67

8.35

1.26

1.21

4.97

22.16

22.56

96.48

2.23

44.9

Neck blast

0.96

4.43

0.74

0.62

1.56

50.23

55.02

83.36

1.48

94.62

Finger blast

0.96

4.64

0.82

0.72

1.58

53.67

57.42

87.34

1.64

103.47

AUDPC

36.72

2518.16

192957.42

191557.99

822.27

53.23

53.42

99.27

899.64

109.41

  1. PV Phenotypic variance, GV Genotypic variance, PCV = Phenotypic coefficient of variation (%), GCV Genotypic coefficient of variation (%), h2bs Broad sense heritability (%), GA Genetic advance at 5%, GAM Genetic advance as per cent of mean at 5% level, DTF Days to 50% flowering, DTM Days to maturity, PH Plant height, SY Seed yield.