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Table 5. Performance of inbred lines and hybrids and analysis of combining ability.

Type	Genotype	Ear length (cm)	Kernel number per row	Ear row number	Ear weight (g)
Tester	Hengbai522	10.42	18.83	9.37	64.57
	Dong46	12.68	24.49	12.60	80.34
	Qi319	14.42	29.46	11.20	80.80
	Yu87-1	13.76	28.09	11.66	77.58
	H21	11.49	22.14	10.62	64.93
	Zheng58	14.5	24.48	10.33	75.88
Tested line	W138^TY6	14.3	28.58	10.23	70.86
	W138	13.14	25.90	10.34	62.08
Hybrid	Hengbai522×W138^TY6	15.86	36.85	10.40	140.70
	Hengbai522×W138	16.65	39.73	10.57	149.10
	Dong46×W138^TY6	15.79	40.46	13.33	139.30
	Dong46×W138	17.51	43.18	12.67	148.30
	Qi319×W138^TY6	16.47	43.91	12.67	144.10
	Qi319×W138	17.93	46.17	13.23	145.10
	Yu87-1×W138^TY6	16.77	43.93	12.83	147.90
	Yu87-1×W138	17.8	46.85	12.62	167.00
	H21×W138^TY6	16.2	41.54	11.86	138.70
	H21×W138	18.9	45.91	11.64	146.60
	Zheng58×W138^TY6	17.3	39.58	11.67	126.20
	Zheng58×W138	18.79	41.50	11.40	132.50
	Inbred line mean	13.09	25.25	10.79	72.13
	Hybrid mean	17.16	42.47	12.07	143.79
	Tested line^§	^**(0.76)^#	^**(1.16)	ns	^*(4.55)
	Tester	ns^$	^**(0.67)	^**(0.89)	^*(2.63)
	Tested line × tester	^**(0.31)	^**(0.47)	ns	^**(2.60)

*Significant at the 0.05 probability level.

**Significant at the 0.01 probability level

^#The data in parentheses represents LSD values for p ≤ 0.05.

^$ ns, not significant, p > 0.05

^§ Tested line, tester, and tested line × tester effects represent general combining ability (GCA) for tested line, GCA for tester, and specific combining ability, respectively.