Mean square from analysis of variance (ANOVA) of each measured agronomic trait and seed weight of four soybean genotypes evaluated from three planting dates.
| Source of variation | Degree of freedom | Plant height |
Number of nodes per plant |
Number of branches per plant |
Number of pods per plant |
100-seed weight |
Number of total seeds per plant |
Total seed weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genotype (G) | 4 | 229.5 |
8.0 | 1.4 | 4549.6 | 354.7 |
23843.9 | 2390.5 |
| Planting date (PD) | 2 | 158.8 |
16.7 |
13.4 |
6233.6 | 4.9 | 21926.3 | 5736.1 |
| Replication in PD | 3 | 20.45 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2699.9 | 3.8 | 12336.3 | 945.3 |
| G × PD | 8 | 69.6 |
3.9 | 1.1 | 2608.4 | 9.4 | 13024.9 | 2479.1 |
| Error | 12 | 11.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2064.6 | 6.1 | 9402.1 | 1256.7 |
***Significant at the 0.001 probability level. **Significant at the 0.01 probability level. *Significant at the 0.05 probability level.
z)Averaged total seed weight of five single plants from each plot.
