*3.3. The Analysis of Variance and Frequency Distribution of Quantitative Traits*

The germplasm panel, consisting of 126 accessions with four check varieties, was tested for characterized through different morphological traits including 14 qualitative and 10 quantitative traits. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed high significant variation among the accessions with a check for all the investigated traits. ANOVA for all the traits also revealed highly significant differences among the check, accession by check interaction as well as among the accession (Table 4) excluding normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), plant height (PH), single leaf area (SLA), and yield per plant (YPP) for check varieties. Adjusted blocks are insignificant for all the traits. All the traits matched with normal distribution except for some traits skewed left and some were right (Figures 1 and 2).

**Table 4.** Analysis of variance of the tested quantitative traits.


ns, non-significant at *p* > 0.05; \*\*, significant at *p* <= 0.01, DFF = Days to first flowering (day), FD = fruit diameter (cm), FL = Fruit length (cm), FW = Fruit weight (g), YPP = Yield plant−<sup>1</sup> (kg), NDVI = Normalized difference vegetation index, PH = Plant height (cm), SLA = Single leaf area (cm2), SPAD = Soil plant analyses development, TF = Total number of fruits.
