Research Article

Genetic Advancement and Variability of Released Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties from 1974–2009 GC in Ethiopia

Table 4

Estimate of genetic parameters for yield and yield related traits of 15 common bean varieties.

TraitsChefaKoga
Meanδ2gδ2pGCVPCVh2BGAMMeanδ2gδ2phGCVPCVh2BGAM

DF48.629.331.811.111.60.9222.052.210.111.86.16.60.8611.6
DM79.536.344.57.68.40.8214.199.64.88.92.23.00.543.3
NPP14.38.210.220.022.30.8037.09.12.45.317.025.30.4523.6
NSP4.90.50.714.417.10.7125.14.70.8119.021.30.8035.1
PH57.1292.8304.530.030.60.9660.532.432.247.617.521.30.6829.7
PL10.21.11.310.311.20.8519.59.10.71.39.212.50.5413.9
BTHa7.11.62.217.820.90.7331.35.11.42.723.232.20.5234.4
SW22.954.256.632.132.90.9664.826.175.185.933.235.50.8764.0
Sytha2.90.70.728.928.91.0059.41.70.30.432.237.20.7557.5
HI38.768.484.621.423.80.8139.634.45.2114.26.631.10.052.9

δ2g: Genotpic variance, δ2p: phenotypic variance, GCV: Genotypic Coefficient of Variance, PCV: Phenotypic Coefficient of Variance, h2B: broad sense heritability, GAM: Genetic Advance in Percent of the Mean.