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Table 5

The genetic effects on yields and some agronomic characters of six sesame genotypes over 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Characters Component of variance Genetic variability h2b% Genetic advance



σ2g σ2ph σ2e PCV GCV GS GSM
Plant height 207.96 215.88 7.93 7.59 7.45 96.33 29.20 15.07
Length of fruiting zone 59.58 76.25 16.67 7.75 6.85 78.13 14.08 12.49
Number of branches/plant 0.71 1.21 0.50 38.09 29.19 58.72 1.33 46.14
Number of capsules/plant 679.07 834.96 155.89 24.32 21.93 81.33 48.48 40.81
Seed yield/plant 2.32 2.96 0.65 5.74 5.07 78.19 2.78 9.26
Seed yield/ha 0.021 0.021 0.00 8.155 8.108 98.833 0.297 16.628
Seed index (1000 seed weight) 0.16 0.17 0.02 10.90 10.34 90.03 0.78 20.25
Oil yield/ha 0.016 0.016 0.000 14.91 14.88 99.56 0.26 30.63

σ2g = genetic variance; σ2ph = phenotypic variance; σ2e = environmental variance.

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