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Table 5 Estimates of genotypic (GCV) and phenotypic (PCV) coefficient of variation, broad sense heritability (H), and genetic advance as percent of the mean for 10 traits in 36 brown tef genotype evaluated in the central highlands of Ethiopia in 2013

From: Grain yield variation and association of major traits in brown-seeded genotypes of tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)Trotter]

Traits

GCV (%)

PCV %)

H (%)

GA (%)

Days to panicle emergence

7.94

8.06

96.98

16.11

Days to maturity

4.01

4.33

85.59

7.64

Days to grain filling

2.70

4.47

36.62

3.37

Plant height

13.18

13.45

96.04

26.61

Panicle length

15.99

16.32

96.07

32.29

Culm length

12.71

13.10

94.11

25.40

Shoot biomass

11.10

13.24

70.24

19.15

Grain yield

20.31

21.74

87.31

39.10

Harvest index

13.63

14.85

84.32

25.79

Lodging index

9.85

10.66

85.35

18.74