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

TABLE 5.

Estimates of general combining ability effects for yield and some related traits for parental genotypes under normal and water stress conditions.

No. Genotypes Number of days to 50% heading (day) Plant height (cm) Number of panicles per plant



N D N D N D
1 Giza178 0.28 0.59** −0.92** −1.61** 6.62** 2.51
2 Giza179 −5.08** −3.71** −5.04** −7.67** 2.62** 1.23
3 Sakha106 2.12** 3.99** 2.45* −1.67** −2.23** −2.73
4 Sakha107 −6.65** −7.08** 1.83** 2.90** 2.61** 1.84
5 Sakha108 5.25** 4.49** −6.99** −6.11** −2.20** −1.66
6 IET1444 −3.32** −5.38** 0.83* −1.31** 3.59** 3.57
7 WAB1573 5.75** 5.16** 3.55** 7.61** −3.56** −0.82
8 NERICA 4 1.65** 1.93** 4.28** 7.84** −7.45** −3.92
S.E (gi) 0.21 0.16 0.32 0.21 0.41 0.20
S.E (gl-gj) 0.31 0.25 0.49 0.32 0.61 0.30
L.S.D 0.05 0.41 0.33 0.65 0.43 0.81 0.39
L.S.D 0.01 0.55 0.44 0.86 0.57 1.08 0.52

No. Genotypes Panicle length Number of filled grains per panicle Grain yield per plant (g)



N D N D N D

1 Giza178 1.83** 1.87** −1.63 −1.79** 1.11** 1.42**
2 Giza179 1.37** 1.22** −5.05** −3.36** 4.02** 2.48**
3 Sakha106 −1.72** −1.91** −29.79** −24.43** −1.06** −1.38**
4 Sakha107 0.31* 0.35* −18.66 −18.16** 1.39** 0.92**
5 Sakha108 −0.29* −1.12 4.22* 2.94** 4.36** 1.35**
6 IET1444 1.55** 1.38 9.18** 7.58** 0.64** 0.72**
7 WAB1573 −1.02** −0.26 19.18** 16.38** −5.38** −2.95**
8 NERICA4 −2.03** −1.52** 22.55** 20.84** −5.09** −2.55**
S.E (gi) 0.16 0.15 1.64 0.41 0.08 0.17
S.E (gl-gj) 0.24 0.23 2.48 0.62 0.12 0.25
L.S.D 0.05 0.32 0.31 3.28 0.8 0.16 0.33
L.S.D 0.01 0.43 0.41 4.38 1.09 0.21 0.44

* and ** indicate significance at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively. N, normal condition; D, water stress condition.