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Table 1 Combined analysis of variance for measured traits in 13 varieties of wheat in different sowing dates during three years (2012–2014)

From: Graphical analysis of multi-environmental trials for wheat grain yield based on GGE-biplot analysis under diverse sowing dates

Source of variation

Year (Y)

Replication /Y

Sowing date (S)

Y × S

S × rep /Y

Genotype (G)

S × G

Y × G

Y × S × G

Error

d.f

2

6

7

14

42

12

24

84

168

576

Traits

Mean squares

GY

26.10**

1.03n.s

781.10**

2.75**

0.85n.s

36.60**

10.57**

14.80**

0.26n.s

0.33

BY

9.40n.s

5.43n.s

2437.32**

15.20**

1.27n.s

368.03**

13.28**

75.70**

1.30n.s

0.87

NSP

107,685.01n.s

46,289.00n.s

5,152,470.26**

33,164.45n.s

51,718.50n.s

899,893.32**

13,407.50**

329,864.08**

1670.35n.s

61,208.44

NGSP

391.60n.s

81.63n.s

15,328.08**

14.05n.s

28.72n.s

1667.53**

114.90**

361.50**

9.50n.s

9.80

GWSP

0.98**

0.06n.s

34.59**

0.03n.s

0.04n.s

22.30**

10.03**

0.57**

0.03n.s

0.02

TGW

2.40n.s

13.77n.s

10,314.73**

86.40n.s

2.80n.s

1113.25**

24.58**

401.17**

15.70**

3.20

HI

0.062**

0.012n.s

1.900**

0.004n.s

0.003n.s

0.211**

0.030**

0.044**

0.002n.s

0.001

  1. BY Biological yield, GWSP Grain weight per spike, GY Grain yield, HI Harvest index, NGSP Number of grains per spike, NSP Number of spikes per m2, TGW Thousand grain weight
  2. **show significance at the 0.01 probability level
  3. n.s: not significant