Table 3. Mean square values in analysis of variance for seed yield (SY) and biomass yield (BY) in diallel crosses of B. juncea and its progenitor species B. rapa and B. nigra.
Source of Variation | B. juncea | B. rapa | B. nigra | ||||||
df | SY | BY | df | SY | BY | df | SY | BY | |
Replication | 1 | 87.12 | 1192.44 | 1 | 2215.81** | 25215.06** | 1 | 46.57 | 8357.30 |
Treatments | 65 | 603.93** | 17733.67** | 54 | 344.86** | 16276.98** | 44 | 181.61* | 11389.09** |
Parents | 10 | 152.31* | 20742.77** | 9 | 402.42** | 6016.12* | 8 | 106.95 | 17951.08** |
Hybrids | 54 | 656.17** | 17248.19** | 44 | 340.37** | 18488.12** | 35 | 192.61* | 9159.42** |
Parents vs. Hybrids | 1 | 2298.91** | 13858.35* | 1 | 24.46 | 11334.92* | 1 | 393.92* | 36931.55** |
Error | 65 | 70.76 | 3075.20 | 54 | 143.06 | 2623.59 | 44 | 96.38 | 3656.61 |
*Significant at Pā=ā0.05;
**Significant at Pā=ā0.01.