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. 2022 Mar 9;29(5):3727–3738. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.03.010

Table 2.

Mean squares from the ordinary and line × tester analysis for all the studied traits.

SOV df Duration of floret opening (min) Stigma exsertion (mm) Opening floret angle (°) Stigma length (mm) Anther length (mm)
Genotypes (G) 42 2623.0** 0.48** 25.76** 0.55** 0.12**
Parents (P) 12 6196.9** 0.61** 36.82** 0.78** 0.14**
Crosses (C) 29 503.7** 0.13** 19.31** 0.10** 0.11**
P vs. C 1 21198.8** 8.93** 80.06** 10.88** 0.02**
Lines (L) 2 9.26* 0.48** 12.23** 0.02 0.001**
Testers (T) 9 1562.9** 0.13** 6.18** 0.18** 0.26**
L × T 18 28.97** 0.09** 26.67** 0.07** 0.05**
Error 84 1.90 0.001 0.41 0.008 0.0004



SOV df Panicle length (cm) Panicle weight (g) No. of panicles plant−1 Seed set (%) Grain yield plant−1 (g)
Genotypes (G) 42 7.84** 3.81** 70.84** 646.4** 334.9**
Parents (P) 12 5.22** 2.78** 37.18** 273.9** 142.0**
Crosses (C) 29 8.22** 4.08** 78.04** 778.9** 383.8**
P vs. C 1 28.47** 8.35** 266.07** 1274.14** 1232.9**
Lines (L) 2 39.07** 0.25** 241.9** 21.65** 330.9**
Testers (T) 9 12.62** 12.11** 79.59** 2476.2** 1107.4**
L × T 18 2.59** 0.49** 59.06** 14.37** 27.90**
Error 84 0.21 0.01 0.22 0.84 1.32

* and** indicate p-value < 0.05 and 0.01, respectively.