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. 2017 Nov 3;213:261. doi: 10.1007/s10681-017-2048-4

Table 3. Mean squares from combined ANOVA for grain yield and agronomic traits across optimal, managed drought and all environments in 2009 and 2010.

Optimal conditions
df GY (t ha–1) AD (days) SD (days) ASI (days) EPP (no.) PH (cm) HC (%) EA (1–5)
Environment (E)     2 484.72*** 7620.98*** 5707.06*** 159.01*** 1.20*** 24813.72*** 1680.12*** 6.74***
Rep (E)     3 23.68*** 11.34*** 9.49** 1.65 0.03* 2594.12*** 238.86* 6.98***
Genotype   79 5.72*** 23.78*** 24.62*** 4.83*** 0.02*** 884.30*** 585.55*** 0.60***
F1 Hybrids   77 5.15*** 20.11*** 21.46*** 4.80*** 0.02*** 846.69*** 593.34*** 0.57***
GCA   12 22.43*** 103.16*** 109.45 17.81*** 0.04*** 4110.23 1704.00 2.60***
SCA   65 1.96* 4.77*** 5.21 2.40** 0.01** 244.19 388.30 0.19*
Genotype 9 E 158 2.79*** 2.35* 2.78** 1.63 0.02*** 209.94 156.90*** 0.26***
F1 Hybrids 9 E 154 2.71*** 2.11 2.49* 1.67 0.02*** 184.64 160.46*** 0.26***
GCA 9 E   24 5.30 2.31*** 8.73 2.72* 0.03*** 261.60 367.42 0.72***
SCA 9 E 130 2.23 0.95 1.34 1.47 0.01* 170.43 122.25 0.17*
Error 237 1.40 1.80 1.87 1.47 0.01 191.59 70.21 0.14
%GCA SS 62 80 80 58 34 76 45 72
%SCA SS 38 20 20 42 66 24 55 28
Managed drought stress
df GY (t ha–1) AD (days) SD (days) ASI (days) EPP (no.) HC (%) EA (1–5) SEN (1–9)
Environment (E)     1 62.22*** 1344.80*** 790.65*** 73.15*** 1.94*** 565.52** 23.65*** 1.44***
Rep (E)     2 9.95*** 6.53*** 30.92*** 9.80* 0.34*** 54.61 7.66*** 0.07***
Genotype   79 1.38*** 17.26*** 30.62*** 11.19*** 0.06*** 65.51 0.75*** 0.02***
F1 Hybrids   77 1.28** 12.15*** 22.07*** 10.99*** 0.05*** 66.35 0.68*** 1.94***
GCA   12 3.88*** 63.24*** 108.26*** 51.08*** 0.16*** 128.99* 2.52*** 7.91***
SCA   65 0.80 2.72*** 6.16*** 3.59* 0.03 54.78 0.34 0.84
Genotype 9 E   79 0.67 1.88*** 5.93** 5.34** 0.02 62.66 0.32 0.01
F1 Hybrids 9 E   77 0.68 1.83*** 5.21*** 5.08*** 0.03 63.92 0.33 0.8
GCA 9 E   12 1.35* 5.41*** 14.15*** 16.35*** 0.03 83.51 0.57* 0.79
SCA 9 E   65 0.56 1.17* 3.56 3.00 0.03 60.30 0.28 0.80
Error 158 0.73 0.75 3.44 2.97 0.03 60.58 0.25 0.01
%GCA SS 47 81 76 72 50 30 58 63
%SCA SS 58 19 24 28 50 70 42 37
Across environments
df GY (t ha–1) AD (days) SD (days) ASI (days) EPP (no.) HC (%) EA (1–5) df PH (cm)
Environment (E) 6 1617.05*** 4831.37*** 3192.23*** 627.02*** 2.54*** 1907.84*** 33.47***     5 341253.94**
Rep (E) 7 15.07*** 20.88*** 103.99*** 13.43** 0.12*** 150.51* 6.59***     6 3958.53***
Genotype 79 4.07*** 16.05*** 85.07*** 23.37*** 0.05** 559.71*** 0.95***   79 1725.08***
F1 Hybrids 77 3.87*** 41.47*** 66.44*** 23.53*** 0.05*** 565.44*** 0.90***   77 1723.20***
GCA 12 16.55*** 211.80*** 324.03*** 112.63*** 0.16*** 1715.30*** 3.35***   12 8824.47***
SCA 65 1.52*** 10.03*** 20.06*** 6.50*** 0.03* 353.16*** 0.45**   65 412.19***
Genotype 9 E 474 1.73*** 1.33*** 10.85*** 6.91*** 0.03*** 157.20*** 0.41*** 395 249.07**
F1 Hybrids 9 E 462 1.62*** 3.26** 10.14*** 6.76*** 0.03*** 160.21*** 0.39*** 385 228.46*
GCA 9 E 72 4.04*** 5.20*** 4.62 3.26 0.06*** 355.93*** 0.99***   72 302.32**
SCA 9 E 390 1.17** 2.90* 4.44 2.25 0.03** 124.08*** 0.28 325 169.72
Error 553 0.90 2.59 6.54 4.00 0.02 76.32 0.27 474 199.15
%GCA SS 67 80 75 76 50 47 58 80
%SCA SS 33 20 25 24 50 53 42 20

AD days to anthesis, ASI anthesis-silking interval, EA ear aspect, EPP ears per plant, GY grain yield, HC husk cover, PH plant height, SD days to silking, SEN leaf senescence

*

Significant at the P < 0.05 level of probability

**

Significant at the P < 0.01 level of probability

***

Significant at the P < 0.001 level of probability