Table 4.

Heterosis (mid parent) and heterobeltiosis (better parent) of 36 sunflower hybrids.

Crosses/hybrids	SC		LP		HSW		SYP
	MPH	BPH	MPH	BPH	MPH	BPH	MPH	BPH
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-68	127.76**	58.44**	17.33**	10.17 ns	23.22*	12.92 ns	30.82 ns	− 6.39 ns
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-41	129.4**	42.09*	− 2.52 ns	− 3.33 ns	40.59**	18.79 ns	49.4*	7.63 ns
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-38	182.66**	87.09**	4.59 ns	1.14 ns	36.65**	22.41*	51.58*	12.06 ns
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-53	131.05**	56.25**	− 6.68 ns	− 11.18 ns	53.14**	37.18**	29.37 ns	− 2.23 ns
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-71	135.72**	38.34*	31.89**	24.29**	32.75**	11.64 ns	96.08**	45.75*
CMS-HAP-56 × RHP-69	106.46**	43.75*	− 0.55 ns	− 2.18 ns	57.72**	32.49**	47.07*	5.43 ns
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-68	109.35**	38.8*	29.26**	22.9**	13.07 ns	− 0.88 ns	78.89**	32.37 ns
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-41	132.13**	39.16*	23.71**	10 ns	40.16**	13.81 ns	134.69**	74.93**
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-38	111.11**	34.03*	24.44**	14.95*	− 1.5 ns	− 15.49*	39.16 ns	6.65 ns
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-53	86.25**	20.48 ns	− 7.14 ns	− 20.37**	2.01 ns	− 12.48 ns	10.52 ns	− 13.27 ns
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-71	114.12**	22.56 ns	43.58**	36.02**	− 3.45 ns	− 21.95*	107.48**	59.95**
CMS-HAP-111 × RHP-69	65.87**	10.06 ns	24.42**	9.84 ns	22.08*	− 1.42 ns	67.64**	24.29 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-68	94.6**	30.77 ns	− 0.56 ns	− 11.37 ns	14.79 ns	5.19 ns	6.78 ns	− 25.25 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-41	116.77**	31.13 ns	− 7.04 ns	− 11.39 ns	39.55**	17.91 ns	52.4*	7.38 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-38	137.25**	52.38**	7.73 ns	− 1.3 ns	43.09**	28.18*	31.48 ns	− 5.06 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-53	92.4**	26.01 ns	− 9.25 ns	− 9.86 ns	22.88*	10.08 ns	− 1.79 ns	− 27.58 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-71	109.72**	20.88 ns	22.74**	9.76 ns	21.12 ns	1.86 ns	77.34**	28.72 ns
CMS-HAP-112 × RHP-69	87.91**	26.37 ns	− 3.55 ns	− 7.34 ns	37.33**	15.36 ns	26.97 ns	− 10.96 ns
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-68	113.25**	43.14**	4.43 ns	− 1.16 ns	20.45*	3.92 ns	110.89**	55.87*
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-41	123.22**	34.93*	− 6.2 ns	− 7.77 ns	35.89**	8.78 ns	107.02**	54.13*
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-38	96.64**	26.18 ns	19.65**	16.66*	48.03**	25.06*	71.35**	31.16 ns
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-53	101.79**	32.02 ns	4.88 ns	− 0.98 ns	10.6 ns	− 6.56 ns	29.56 ns	1.53 ns
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-71	109.55**	20.71 ns	29.46**	22.98**	19.25 ns	− 4.94 ns	125.18**	73.37**
CMS-HAP-12 × RHP-69	94.9**	30.93 ns	− 0.84 ns	− 3.28 ns	33.4**	6.22 ns	74.13**	28.96 ns
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-68	159.07**	121.47**	− 0.64 ns	− 9.86 ns	26.53*	14.59 ns	80.89**	29.73 ns
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-41	269.21**	164.56**	− 8.85 ns	− 11.43 ns	31.7**	10.1 ns	34.47 ns	− 2.9 ns
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-38	270.46**	194.01**	11.76*	4.29 ns	52.21**	34.8**	56.06*	15.65 ns
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-53	183.1**	132.06**	− 16.21**	− 17.3**	32.83**	17.64	25.06 ns	− 5.25 ns
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-71	317.24**	174.38**	24.35**	13.21*	16.84 ns	− 2.76 ns	120.81**	64.53**
CMS-HAP-54 × RHP-69	191.39**	149.43**	2.2 ns	0.11 ns	54.24**	28.22*	64.24**	18 ns
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-68	269.49**	194.68**	2.44 ns	− 8.58 ns	6.81 ns	− 12.19 ns	56.66*	11.18 ns
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-41	251.46**	139.54**	7.94 ns	3.03 ns	30.11**	− 0.23 ns	100.05**	42.93*
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-38	180.25**	109.13**	10.11 ns	1.02 ns	24.6**	0.45 ns	67**	22.38 ns
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-53	228.39**	152.22**	1.55 ns	1.02 ns	18.4*	− 4.54 ns	33.99 ns	0.33 ns
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-71	263.91**	130.04**	22.39**	9.59 ns	11 ns	− 15.22 ns	93.82**	42.8*
CMS-HAP-99 × RHP-69	233.52**	166.31**	− 8.66 ns	− 12.12*	34.03**	2.27 ns	54.96*	10.18 ns

MPH mid-parent heterosis, BPH better parent heterosis, *significant, **highly significant, ns non-significant, SC stem curvatures, LP leaves per plant, HSW 100 seed weight, SYP seed yield per plant.