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Table 3. Analysis of variance of sugarcane genotypes (somaclones and donor
plants) for different characters

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Items df G % NT (10 ha ) NMC (10 ha )
MS F MS F MS F
Geotypes 21 137.07 5.79** 735.26 4.35** 566.42 3.76**
Repli 2 276.77 11.68** 2967.21 17.56** 2599.40 17.26**
Error 42 23.69 168.98 150.60
Total 65

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Items df Brix % Yield (tha )
MS F MS F
Geotypes 21 7.39 11.48** 1129.65 7.56**
Repli 2 1.72 2.67** 2435.02 16.30**
Error 42 0.64 149.37
Total 65

Figure 1. Number of acclimatized variants and their survivability in the field