Table 4.
Estimates of general combining ability (GCA) effects of the parents for all the studied traits.
Parents | Duration of floret opening (min) | Stigma exsertion (mm) | Opening floret angle (0) | Stigma length (mm) | Anther length (mm) | Panicle length (cm) | Panicle weight (gm) | No. of panicles plant−1 | Seed set (%) | Grain yield plant−1 (g) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CMS lines | |||||||||||
L1 | 0.52* | −0.15** | −0.30* | −0.03* | −0.01** | −0.24** | −0.02 | −0.70** | −0.19 | 0.42* | |
L2 | 0.07 | 0.08** | 0.73** | 0.03* | 0.001 | −1.01** | −0.08** | −2.42** | 0.93** | −3.51** | |
L3 | −0.59* | 0.07** | −0.43** | 0.001 | 0.01** | 1.24** | 0.10** | 3.12** | −0.74** | 3.09** | |
L.SD (gi) 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.42 | |
L.SD (gi) 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.02 | 0.31 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.55 | |
Testers | |||||||||||
T1 | −5.22** | −0.15** | 0.57** | −0.20** | −0.03** | 1.06** | 1.45** | 1.94** | 9.38** | 15.81** | |
T2 | −0.42 | −0.05** | 1.01** | −0.11** | −0.40** | −0.22 | 0.78** | 3.99** | 7.20** | 9.96** | |
T3 | 5.49** | −0.18** | −0.88** | −0.24** | 0.13** | 1.84** | 0.99** | −0.87** | 5.83** | 8.88** | |
T4 | −2.53** | 0.04** | 0.01 | 0.06* | 0.07** | −0.02 | 0.72** | 2.54** | 7.52** | −2.98** | |
T5 | 35.21** | 0.26** | 0.90** | 0.18** | −0.17** | 0.57** | −1.48** | −3.31** | −39.32** | −22.78** | |
T6 | −10.75** | −0.01 | −1.32** | 0.11** | 0.13** | 0.13 | 0.40** | 0.06 | 10.67** | 6.41** | |
T7 | −2.09** | 0.03** | −0.32 | −0.02 | −0.04** | −1.19** | −0.81** | 0.62** | −0.38 | −3.72** | |
T8 | −5.53** | 0.03** | 0.12 | 0.09** | 0.11** | −2.33** | −1.54** | −0.68** | −19.98** | −5.76** | |
T9 | −9.09** | 0.02* | 0.79** | 0.001 | 0.11** | 0.74** | 0.84** | 1.84** | 11.01** | 1.92** | |
T10 | −5.09** | 0.02* | −0.88** | 0.12** | 0.08** | −0.57** | −1.35** | −6.12** | 8.08** | −7.72** | |
L.SD (gi) 0.05 | 0.91 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.31 | 0.61 | 0.76 | |
L.SD (gi) 0.01 | 1.21 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.41 | 0.81 | 1.01 |
* and ** indicate p-value < 0.05 and 0.01, respectively.