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Table 1 Means and variation of agro-morphological traits in the 47 Algerian maize landraces

From: Genetic variation and structure of maize populations from Saoura and Gourara oasis in Algerian Sahara

Variable

   

Min

Max

 

Mean

SD

CV %

Value

Landrace

Value

Landrace

Significance

Emergence (EMR, %)

70.60

10.75

15.23

48.73

SAN

92.06

KAB

ns

Number of days to reach 50% of the finale % of emergence

12.48

1.96

15.71

8.76

BML

16.62

KMA

ns

Early Vigor (EV, 1-9)

5.72

0.99

17.36

3.57

ZDB2

7.43

ENR

ns

Days to Silking (DS, days)

80.65

6.33

7.85

69.52

EHA

98.53

KMA

***

Days to Anthesis (DA, days)

79.43

6.57

8.28

68.00

EHA

97

KMA

***

Anthesis Silking Interval (ASI, day)

1.22

1.54

125.98

−2.52

BEC

4.47

BML

ns

Number of Leaves (NL, #)

4.85

0.52

10.68

4.01

MSN

6.71

KMA

ns

Number of Ears Plant−1 (NEP, #)

2.55

0.35

13.89

1.80

YAK

3.19

AGU

ns

Ear Height (EH, cm)

43.22

18.96

43.88

17.40

MNS

85.7

KMA

***

Plant Height (PLH, cm)

127.63

36.37

28.50

79.41

AGU

260.01

KMA

***

Ear Row Number (ERN, #)

11.11

1.69

15.23

8.39

BTH

16.96

KMA

***

Number of Kernel per Row (NKR, #)

27.00

4.55

16.86

16.21

ENR

40.21

KMA

ns

Ear Length (EL, cm)

13.41

2.27

16.97

8.19

TKR

19.76

KMA

ns

Ear Diameter (ED, cm)

3.51

0.34

9.68

2.93

DDL

4.56

KMA

**

Cob Diameter (CD, cm)

2.31

0.27

11.65

1.88

TKK

3.08

GHT

**

Rachis Diameter (RD, cm)

1.30

0.19

14.53

1.01

TKK

1.84

KMA

*

Kernel length (KL, cm)

9.07

0.73

8.05

7.84

TKR

11.13

BSA2

**

Kernel Width(KW, cm)

8.56

0.48

5.60

7.71

AOR2

10.18

BTH

*

Kernel Thickness(KT, cm)

4.65

0.27

5.89

4.10

AOR2

5.28

BYA

ns

Kernel proportion(K%)

0.83

0.05

6.22

0.70

SAN

0.92

TKK

ns

Weight of 10 ears (EW, Kg)

0.78

0.28

35.44

0.37

TKR

1.8

KMA

**

1000 Kernel Weight (1000KW, g)

230.97

43.07

18.65

139.95

TBN

323.59

BTH

***

Moisture content at harvest % (HMC)

11.50

2.34

20.37

6.10

TKR

18.16

BEC

*

Kernel yield per plot (KYP, Mg ha−1)

2.82

1.02

36.15

1.18

KEK

7.03

KMA

ns

  1. EMR% emergence, T50 (day) number days to reach 50% of the final germ, EV early vigor, DS days to silking, DA days to anthesis, ASI anthesis silking interval, NL number of leaves, NEP number of ears plant− 1, EH (cm) ear height, PLH (cm) plant height, ERN ear row number, NKR number of kernel per row, EL (cm) ear length, ED (cm), ear diameter, CD (cm) cob diameter, RD (cm), rachis diameter, KL (cm) kernel length, KW (cm) kernel width, KT (cm) kernel thickness, KP of kernel, EW (Kg) weight of 10 ears, 1000KW (g)1000 kernel weight, HMC moisture content at harvest, KYP (Mg ha− 1) Kernel yield per plot
  2. (* = 0.01 < p < 0.05; ** = 0.001 < p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001)