Abstract
A collection of 35 accessions of West African Okra (Abelmoschus caillei) were evaluated for variability in 20 morphological and agronomic traits (qualitative and quantitative traits).Genotypic and phenotypic variances, genotypic (GCV) and phenotypic coefficients of variation (PCV), heritability, genetic advance of the characters were calculated. The accessions demonstrated wide variability for all characters evaluated. Variation was expressed in all qualitative traits studies except in leaf and petal colour. Phenotypic variances were generally higher than their respective genotypic variances thus revealing the role of environmental factors. High PCV and High GCV were observed for pod yield per plant and peduncle length, respectively. Very low heritability estimate was observed for number of ridges per fruit (7.1%). Moderately high heritability estimate (78.99%) was observed for peduncle length; moderately high PCV and GCV 35.71% and 31.74%, respectively but low genetic advance of 1.99%.
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