Testing the significance for difference in mean performance for growth, yield and WUE linked traits using t-test in F7 and F8 RILs of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Abstract

The RILs of high and low performing class of SCMR and SLA were tested for their performance for all the traits using t-test, non-significance of which for most of the traits suggest that their performances are stable across the generations. However, the trait days to 50 per cent flowering significantly differed for two generations, F7 and F8 which may be attributed to the seasonal influence on flowering since the earlier is grown in kharif 2014 and the latter in summer 2015.