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Table 8 Genotypic direct effect (bold-faced diagonal values) and indirect effect (off-diagonal) of eight agronomic traits on grain yield of 50 sorghum genotypes

From: Genetic variation and association of yield, yield components, and carbon storage in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) genotypes

Traits

DTH

DTM

PH

PB

SB

RB

RS

HI

rg

DTH

0.0327

0.0002

-0.0055

-0.0114

0.0307

-0.0039

0.0243

0.0602

0.1273

DTM

0.0017

0.0030

0.0038

0.0169

-0.0171

-0.0251

0.0210

-0.0587

-0.0545

PH

0.0076

-0.0005

-0.0239

-0.0276

0.0707

-0.0055

0.0450

0.0299

0.0958

PB

0.0011

-0.0001

-0.0019

-0.3474

0.4830

0.3738

-0.0066

-0.4915

0.0102

SB

0.0017

-0.0001

-0.0028

-0.2767

0.6065

0.0572

0.2635

-0.6790

-0.0297

RB

-0.0002

-0.0001

0.0002

-0.2380

0.0636

0.5456

-0.3282

0.0098

0.0526

RS

-0.0016

-0.0001

0.0022

-0.0046

-0.3197

0.3583

-0.4999

0.4449

-0.0206

HI

0.0017

-0.0002

-0.0006

0.1473

-0.3554

0.0046

-0.1919

1.1589

0.7645

  1. DTH days to 50% heading; DTM days to 50% maturity; PH plant height; PB total plant biomass; SB shoot biomass; RB root biomass; RS root to shoot biomass ratio; GY grain yield; HI harvest index; rg genotypic correlation for grain yield