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<title><b>Association and variability studies for yield and yield components of robusta coffee hybrids (<i>Coffea canephora</i>) </b></title>
<authors> Esther Fobi Donkor, Diana Ohene-Asare, Remember Roger Adjei</authors>
<keywords>Correlation, heritability, genetic advance, coffee </keywords>
<pages>103-111</pages>
<issue_number>4 (3) 2020</issue_number>
<issue_period>July, 2020 </issue_period>
<abstract>Twenty-four introduced and locally generated half sibs of coffee hybrids established in 2016 located at Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) experimental station Akim Tafo in the Eastern Region of Ghana was used for the study. Three randomly selected stands of each genotype was used to study 12 quantitative traits. Data was analyzed using Genstat 12 edition and the differences separated at 5 percent. The analysis of variance revealed significant difference among the accessions for all the traits studied except for plant spread, number of laterals per plant and number of nodes per laterals. The estimated phenotypic variance was greater than the genotypic variance for all the traits. Genotypic variance was also greater than the environmental variance for the traits studied except for plant height, plant spread, number of laterals per plant and number of nodes per lateral indicating a high influence of environment on these traits. PCV which was higher than the modify as for all the traits under study. None of the traits recorded high heritability, but fruit length, 100-berry dry weight, plant girth and 10-berry wet weight recorded moderately high heritability whereas fruit width, hundred dry bean weight, outturn and plant height recorded medium heritability. Plant girth and 100-berry wet weight recorded high heritability coupled with high GA and 100-dry bean weight, outturn and fruit width recorded high heritability coupled with medium GA. This indicates less influence of environment in their expression and prevalence of additive gene action. This makes plant girth, 100-berry wet weight, 100-dry bean weight, outturn and fruit width important traits to consider for the improvement of coffee in Ghana.</abstract>
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