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. 2022 Jul 8;13:866742. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866742

TABLE 3.

Mean square estimates of ordinary analysis and combining ability analysis for yield and related traits under normal and water stress conditions.

SOV df Number of days to 50% heading (day) Plant height (cm) Number of panicle per plants



N D N D N D
Replications 2 2.06 0.01 6.04 0.23 0.42 0.65
Genotypes 35 148.38** 171.24** 359.20** 333.85** 261.15** 68.52**
Parents 7 161.31** 172.61** 114.54** 159.00** 200.74** 33.69**
Crosses 27 150.46** 177.23** 367.94** 383.18** 285.75** 79.91**
Parents vs. Crosses 1 1.65 0.00 1835.84** 226.06** 19.86** 4.91**
Error 70 1.46 0.93 3.57 1.58 5.69 1.31
GCA 7 212.82** 227.83** 165.73** 330.21** 323.38** 85.74**
SCA 28 8.62** 14.39** 108.23** 56.55** 27.97** 7.11**
Error term 70 0.49 0.31 1.19 0.53 1.90 0.44
GCA/SCA 2.611 1.616 0.154 0.588 1.233 1.277

SOV df Panicle length (cm) Number of filled grains per panicle Grain yield per plant (g)



N D N D N D

Replications 2 13.85 0.05 102.72 0.15 0.66 4.73
Genotypes 35 173.16** 74.47** 2609.70** 2083.67** 113.29** 41.28**
Parents 7 23.37** 20.50** 3918.01** 2055.40** 66.08** 16.36**
Crosses 27 209.31** 76.75** 2194.94** 1862.59** 120.87** 46.47**
Parents vs. Crosses 1 245.93** 390.59** 4650.19** 8250.68** 238.97** 75.56**
Error 70 7.35 1.13 92.56 5.85 0.21 0.94
GCA 7 117.86** 64.36** 3370.35** 2466.83** 135.34** 40.67**
SCA 28 42.69** 14.94** 244.79** 251.49** 13.37** 7.03**
Error term 70 2.45 0.38 30.85 1.95 0.07 0.31
GCA/SCA 0.287 0.439 1.561 0.988 1.017 0.601

** indicates significance at 0.01 probability level. GCA, general combining ability; SCA, specific combining ability; SOV, sources of variation; df, degrees of freedom; N, normal condition; D, water stress condition.