Table 5.
Least square means (LsM) of yield per plant (Kg), specific combining ability (SCA), and its ranking (in italics), mid-parent heterosis (MPH), and best-parent heterosis (BPH) of the 28 crosses in environments with a significant ANOVA SCA mean square.
| Latina 2015 | Perugia 2015 | Latina 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Cross † | LsM | SCA | Rank | MPH | BPH | LsM | SCA | Rank | MPH | BPH | LsM | SCA | Rank | MPH | BPH |
| 1 × 2 | 8.08 | −1.372 | 24 | 3.46 | −5.39 | 4.56 | 0.033 | 15 | −7.6 | −12.14 | 10.78 | 0.21 | 13 | 21.12 | 9.33 |
| 1 × 3 | 10.29 | 1.287 | 5 | 50.44 | 45.34 | 5.07 | −0.382 | 17 | 8.33 | 8.33 | 11.84 | 0.633 | 9 | 32.36 | 18.99 |
| 1 × 4 | 9.48 | 0.744 | 11 | 14.05 | 1.07 | 4.65 | −0.714 | 22 | 3.32 | −0.64 | 10.58 | 1.065 | 6 | 19.95 | 13.16 |
| 1 × 5 | 9.42 | −0.008 | 16 | 27.47 | 22.34 | 4.44 | −0.785 | 23 | −5.43 | −5.73 | 11.13 | 0.3 | 12 | 28.89 | 19.29 |
| 1 × 6 | 9.39 | 0.405 | 13 | 8.74 | −7.85 | 6.35 | 0.609 | 8 | 36.71 | 35.68 | 11.05 | 0.175 | 14 | 19.65 | 4.94 |
| 1 × 7 | 12.44 | 1.465 | 3 | 67.77 | 60.52 | 9.55 | 1.145 | 2 | 58.9 | 30.11 | 14.88 | 1.143 | 5 | 88.71 | 87.41 |
| 1 × 8 | 8.62 | −2.519 | 27 | −6.05 | −23.51 | 7.33 | 0.095 | 14 | 39.75 | 26.16 | 10.89 | −3.526 | 28 | 6.04 | −13.57 |
| 2 × 3 | 9.45 | −0.438 | 18 | 24.83 | 10.66 | 4.46 | −0.951 | 25 | −9.63 | −14.07 | 13.35 | 0.483 | 10 | 34.78 | 35.4 |
| 2 × 4 | 8.56 | −1.065 | 23 | −4.46 | −8.74 | 4.04 | −1.281 | 27 | −14.68 | −22.16 | 10 | −1.183 | 23 | 4.11 | 1.42 |
| 2 × 5 | 11.27 | 0.957 | 9 | 38.79 | 31.97 | 5.51 | 0.325 | 12 | 11.31 | 6.17 | 10.91 | −1.59 | 25 | 13.71 | 10.65 |
| 2 × 6 | 9.34 | −0.526 | 19 | −0.27 | −8.34 | 6.37 | 0.671 | 7 | 30 | 22.74 | 11.27 | −1.274 | 24 | 10.54 | 7.03 |
| 2 × 7 | 12.91 | 1.054 | 8 | 58.50 | 51.17 | 9.45 | 1.081 | 3 | 50.84 | 28.75 | 17.17 | 1.765 | 2 | 94.12 | 74.14 |
| 2 × 8 | 13.42 | 1.391 | 4 | 35.49 | 19.08 | 7.31 | 0.122 | 13 | 32.91 | 25.82 | 17.67 | 1.589 | 3 | 57.35 | 40.24 |
| 3 × 4 | 9.56 | 0.389 | 14 | 19.65 | 1.92 | 5.86 | −0.387 | 18 | 30.8 | 25.21 | 12.6 | 0.781 | 8 | 30.57 | 26.63 |
| 3 × 5 | 8.28 | −1.586 | 25 | 15.8 | 7.53 | 6.12 | 0.015 | 16 | 30.35 | 29.94 | 10.05 | −3.085 | 27 | 4.25 | 1.01 |
| 3 × 6 | 9.34 | −0.08 | 17 | 11.26 | −8.34 | 7.07 | 0.444 | 11 | 52.21 | 51.07 | 13.5 | 0.32 | 11 | 31.84 | 28.21 |
| 3 × 7 | 13.48 | 2.078 | 1 | 87.87 | 73.94 | 9.97 | 0.684 | 6 | 65.89 | 35.83 | 16.11 | 0.071 | 17 | 81.21 | 61.91 |
| 3 × 8 | 9.93 | −1.65 | 26 | 11.14 | −11.89 | 8.7 | 0.578 | 9 | 65.87 | 49.74 | 17.52 | 0.798 | 7 | 55.39 | 39.05 |
| 4 × 5 | 10.71 | 1.108 | 6 | 25.41 | 14.18 | 5.55 | −0.473 | 19 | 23.47 | 17.83 | 11.46 | 0.014 | 19 | 22.7 | 22.57 |
| 4 × 6 | 10.73 | 1.578 | 2 | 9.66 | 5.3 | 5.61 | −0.924 | 24 | 26.21 | 21.69 | 11.32 | −0.172 | 20 | 13.88 | 7.5 |
| 4 × 7 | 7.56 | −3.581 | 28 | −11.73 | −19.4 | 9.69 | 0.492 | 10 | 66.78 | 32.02 | 13.72 | −0.635 | 22 | 59.72 | 46.74 |
| 4 × 8 | 12.14 | 0.828 | 10 | 17.58 | 7.72 | 11.31 | 3.286 | 1 | 124.18 | 94.66 | 15.16 | 0.13 | 15 | 38.13 | 20.32 |
| 5 × 6 | 9.01 | −0.836 | 21 | 0.73 | −11.58 | 7.19 | 0.788 | 4 | 54.29 | 52.65 | 15.91 | 3.097 | 1 | 60.22 | 51.09 |
| 5 × 7 | 11.12 | −0.718 | 20 | 43.95 | 43.48 | 9.77 | 0.708 | 5 | 62.16 | 33.11 | 15.75 | 0.081 | 16 | 83.57 | 68.81 |
| 5 × 8 | 13.09 | 1.083 | 7 | 38.01 | 16.15 | 7.32 | −0.577 | 21 | 39.16 | 25.99 | 17.54 | 1.183 | 4 | 59.96 | 39.21 |
| 6 × 7 | 10.54 | −0.853 | 22 | 17.5 | 3.43 | 8.49 | −1.097 | 26 | 42.09 | 15.67 | 13.52 | −2.198 | 26 | 47.28 | 28.4 |
| 6 × 8 | 11.88 | 0.313 | 15 | 10.72 | 5.41 | 7.92 | −0.491 | 20 | 52.02 | 36.32 | 16.44 | 0.052 | 18 | 42.15 | 30.48 |
| 7 × 8 | 14.11 | 0.555 | 12 | 48.37 | 25.2 | 8.06 | −3.013 | 28 | 22.59 | 9.81 | 19.03 | −0.226 | 21 | 86.29 | 51.03 |
| S.E. | 1.12 | 0.981 | 1.421 | 1.641 | 0.768 | 0.692 | 1.002 | 1.158 | 1.26 | 1.024 | 1.48 | 1.715 | |||
† The names of the parents are: 1 = Vedrantais; 2 = Ita1; 3 = Ogen; 4 = Top Mark; 5 = Magyar Kincs; 6 = Hale’s Best Jumbo; 7 = PI414723; 8 = PI161375.