THESIS

Table 10 The morphological characters of 69 accessions of Solanum spp. per cluster and subcluster based on quantitative traits.
Characters
Cluster/subcluster
I II III IV
V
A B C
A B
VI VII VIII IX X
Germination period (day) 6.00 6.92 7.33 8.00 6.50 11.00 8.42 9.40 7.00 8.00 13.00 15.25 9.00
Cotyledonous leaf width (mm) 8.29 7.57 7.37 8.10 8.58 3.45 5.89 6.35 7.00 6.80 3.34 4.03 4.85
Cotyledon leaf length/width ratio 2.11 2.29 2.35 1.99 1.97 2.39 1.55 1.56 2.59 2.82 2.30 2.43 2.42
Plant breadth (cm) 83.55 94.54 96.33 114.50 62.13 49.00 91.38 112.70 92.75 93.50 128.60 249.50 185.00
Plant branching 9.95 10.15 10.50 9.13 10.13 12.00 10.71 11.00 9.00 9.50 14.90 17.38 16.00
Leaf blade width (cm) 16.13 17.50 21.29 17.91 16.05 14.10 32.85 34.73 10.38 12.50 35.90 34.69 40.50
No. flowers per inflorescence 3.95 6.85 6.00 6.13 5.50 9.00 10.58 10.70 16.00 8.00 82.60 77.63 290.00
Flowering time (day) 57.45 62.00 72.83 58.25 57.75 91.00 108.17 118.40 113.50 152.00 162.20 157.25 151.00
Fruit length (cm) 3.02 2.60 2.90 2.94 4.77 0.94 2.14 3.27 1.05 0.88 1.33 1.22 1.43
Fruit breadth (cm) 3.42 3.14 3.00 3.50 5.26 0.96 2.24 3.03 0.91 0.89 1.32 1.26 1.42
Fruit stalk length (mm) 31.04 24.54 15.25 37.45 25.86 18.10 13.53 14.22 27.18 21.70 16.89 16.43 18.30
Fruit stalk thickness (mm) 5.79 4.76 3.88 5.70 4.99 2.45 3.10 3.79 2.03 1.95 3.25 3.48 3.30
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