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1.4 Number of primary branches
The magnitude of variation for this character was between 3 and 6.7 with a mean value of 4.25 and coefficient of
variation 16% (Table 1). 86.1% of the accessions had 3-5 primary branches per plant (Figure 4).
1.5 Number of secondary branches
The variability of this character ranged from 3.4 to 9.5 with a mean value of 6.61 and coefficient of variation 18%
(Table 1). 78.7% of the accessions had 5.4 -8.4 secondary branches per plant (Figure 5).
1.6 Number of capsules
A range of 14.0 to 38.8 was recorded for this character with a mean value of 23.12 and coefficient of variation
19% (Figure 6). 49% of the accessions recorded above the average (Figure 6). Eight accessions such as ace # 230
822, 10 070, 10 105, 10 086, 10 069, 10 079, 10 052, and 219 969 had number of capsule ranged from 32-41.
Variation in number of capsules was also reported by Wakjira (2011).
1.7 Seed yield
Significant variation was observed for seed yield, which ranged from 104 kg/ha to 1 982 kg/ha with a mean value
Figure 4 Frequency distribution of number of primary
branches for 202 linseed accessions
Figure 3 Frequency distribution of plant height (cm) for
202 linseed accessions
Figure 6 Frequency distribution of number of number of
capsules for 202 linseed accessions
Figure 5 Frequency distribution of number of secondary
branches for 202 linseed accessions
