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Table 5.

Estimated general combining ability (GCA) of the parents in non-saline and salinity stress conditions.

Environment	Parent	FWT	NF	FY	FL	FW	SCL	SCW	FT	PT	TSS
Non-saline	Rishbaba (P1)	0.22^**	−0.17^*	2.69^**	0.07^ns	1.11^**	−0.03^ns	0.85^**	0.22^**	−0.07^ns	0.39^**
	Shahabadi (P2)	−0.10^*	0.22^**	1.73^*	−0.44^*	−0.63^**	−0.13^ns	−0.60^**	−0.11^*	−0.01^ns	−0.29^**
	Magasi (P3)	−0.15^**	0.07^ns	−2.13^*	0.92^**	−0.98^**	0.80^**	−0.97^**	−0.10^nss	0.01^ns	0.50^**
	Till-Toroq (P4)	0.08^ns	−0.02^ns	4.2^**	0.30^ns	0.13^ns	0.32^*	−0.28^ns	0.22^**	0.03^ns	0.10^ns
	Savehie (P5)	0.01^ns	0.08^ns	2.39^**	−0.64^**	0.27^ns	−0.36^*	0.22^ns	0.03^ns	−0.03^ns	−0.45^**
	Sabouni (P6)	0.32^**	−0.10^ns	3.36^**	1.50^**	0.62^**	1.12^**	0.29^ns	0.18^**	0.01^ns	−0.13^ns
	Samsouri (P7)	−0.28^**	0.26^**	−3.73^**	−0.87^**	−0.69^**	−0.70^**	−0.51^**	−0.16^**	0.14^**	−0.13^ns
	Laki (P8)	−0.3^**	−0.01^ns	−6.02^**	−1.46^**	−0.84^**	−1.27^**	−1.05^**	0.04^ns	0.11^**	0.88^**
	Dastjerdi (P9)	0.37^**	−0.23^**	5.17^**	−0.82^**	2.00^**	−1.25^**	1.64^**	0.24^**	−0.04^ns	−1.00^**
	Gargar (P10)	−0.64^**	0.23^**	−11.4^**	0.08^ns	−2.37^**	0.72^**	−0.51^**	−0.91^**	−0.20^**	0.49^**
	Majidi-Ab (P11)	0.49^**	−0.33^**	3.71^**	1.36^**	1.38^**	0.78^**	0.94^**	0.35^**	0.05^ns	−0.37^**
	LSD (0.05; g_i-g_j)	0.12	0.19	2.45	0.5	0.56	0.42	0.44	0.16	0.12	0.29
Saline	P1	0.17^**	−0.15^*	−0.57^ns	0.01^ns	1.20^**	−0.05^ns	1.13^**	0.12^*	−0.11^**	0.20^*
	P2	−0.03^ns	0.13^ns	1.80^*	−0.34^ns	−0.26^ns	−0.23^ns	−0.29^**	0.01^ns	0.09^*	−0.28^**
	P3	−0.05^ns	0.08^ns	−0.06^ns	0.88^**	−0.89^**	0.66^**	−0.86^**	−0.04^ns	0.03^ns	0.79^**
	P4	0.05^ns	−0.04^ns	0.72^ns	0.29^ns	0.22^ns	0.25^ns	−0.11^ns	0.10^*	0.02 ^ns	0.31^**
	P5	0.09^*	−0.02^ns	1.99^**	−0.33^ns	0.53^**	−0.06^ns	0.32^**	0.17^**	−0.05 ^ns	−0.69^**
	P6	0.06^ns	−0.14^*	−0.55^ns	0.76^**	0.05^ns	0.45^**	−0.19^ns	0.16^**	0.06 ^ns	0.29^**
	P7	−0.17^**	0.15^*	−1.36^ns	−0.62^**	−0.70^**	−0.48^**	−0.58^**	−0.13^**	0.14^**	−0.03^ns
	P8	−0.12^**	0.16^*	−0.75^ns	−1.05^**	−0.34^ns	−0.96^**	−0.55^**	0.04^ns	0.04 ^ns	1.06^**
	P9	0.14^**	−0.07^ns	2.47^**	−0.77^**	1.09^**	−1.05^**	0.95^**	0.08^ns	−0.05 ^ns	−1.04^**
	P10	−0.39^**	0.14^ns	−4.64^**	0.25^ns	−2.00^**	0.80^**	−0.57^**	−0.65^**	−0.24^**	−0.19^*
	P11	0.25^**	−0.23^**	0.96^ns	0.91^**	1.10^**	0.67^**	0.75^**	0.14^**	0.06^ns	−0.40^**
	LSD (0.05; g_i-g_j)	0.11	0.16	1.85	0.47	0.49	0.38	0.3	0.14	0.11	0.25

FWT; fruit weight; NF, number of fruit; FY, yield; FL, fruit length; FW, fruit width; SCL, seed cavity length; SCW, seed cavity width; FT, fruit flesh thickness; PT, fruit peel thickness; TSS, fruit total soluble solids. ns: non-significant, ^*Significant at P < 0.05 and ^**Significant at P < 0.01.