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variation 13% (Table 1). The frequency distribution ranged from 77 to 137 days ( Figure 1). Early flowering
accessions (77-80 days) were acce # 10 143, 125 162, 125 163, 235 165, 235 166, 241 828, 242 588, and 242 596,
while accessions such as acce # 10 084, 10 086, 10 087, 13 712, 13 755, and 13 756 were late to flower, which
had recorded 124-135 days to mature.
1.2 Days to maturity
This character varied between 170 and 180 days with a mean value of 175.5 and coefficient of variation 1% (Table
1). The frequency distribution showed that the accessions ranged between 170 and 182 days in maturity (Figure 2).
Acce # 10 077, 10 078, 10 079, 10 084, 10 086, 10 087, 13 578, 13 598, 13 620, and 13 649 were the earliest to
mature, which took 170-172 days. On the other hand, acce # 212 854, 212 857, 215 716, 10 103, 10 104, and 10
105 were late to mature with 180-182 days to maturity.
1.3 Plant height
Significant variability was observed for plant height, which is ranged from 17.7 cm to 97 cm with a mean value of
53.27 cm and coefficient of variation 22% (Table 1). Majority of the accessions were between 41.7 cm and 57.7
cm (Figure 3). Accessions such as acce # 234 009 (17.7 cm), 234 008 (19.4 cm), 234 010 (21.1 cm), and 234005
(24.5) were the shortest in height, where as acce # 13 507 (84 cm), 207786 (88.5) and 13682 (97 cm) were the
tallest accessions.
Table 1 Basic statistics of some agronomic characters of 202 linseed accessions
Characters
Mean
Minimum
Maximum
Variance
SD
CV (%)
SE
DF
99.65
77.00
135.00
160.17
12.69
13.00
0.89
DM
175.56
170.00
180.00
4.22
2.06
1.00
0.14
PH
53.27
17.70
97.00
140.53
11.88
22.00
0.84
NPB
4.25
3.00
6.70
0.49
0.71
16.00
0.05
NSB
6.61
3.40
9.50
1.41
1.19
18.00
0.08
NC
23.12
14.00
38.80
20.17
4.50
19.00
0.32
SY
984.37
104.00
1982.00
14672560.00
384.00
39.00
27.02
Note: DF: 50% days to flowering; DM: Days to maturity; PH: Plant height; NPB: Number of primary branches; NSB: Number of
secondary branches; NC: Number of capsules; SY: Seed yield; SD: Standard deviation; CV: Coefficient of variation; SE: Standard
error
Figure 2 Frequency distribution of days to maturity for
202 linseed accessions
Figure 1 Frequency distribution of days to flowering for 202
linseed accessions
