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Table 1 Analysis of variance for combining ability for different characters in pigeonpea
Parents
d.f
Days to
flowering
Days to
maturity
Plant
height
(cm)
Number
of
branches per
plant
Number of
pods per
plant
Number
of
seeds
per pod
Pod
length
(cm)
100 seed
weight (g)
Seed yield
per plant (g)
Harvest
index (%)
protein
content
(%)
Biological
yield
Leaf area
(cm
2
)
Replications 2
2.02
0.84
320.48
0.17
185.06
0.03
0.07
0.25
62.91
2.32
0.13
729.42
5961.95
Females
(Lines)
5
1552.55** 1301.51** 2973.53*
*
2.38
6186.35
0.31
0.39
0.05
3120.50**
21.60**
1.41
58428.80** 1047870**
Males
(Testers)
4
3.00
75.62
604.50** 11.32**
7522.87* 0.35
0.35
0.24
2013.78**
14.58**
1.29
29897.33** 577783.10**
Females x
Males
20
22.59**
33.92*
190.60
2.54**
3373.54** 0.36**
0.56** 0.33**
931.44**
38.24**
0.97**
6912.26**
154289.10**
Error
58
6.84
16.07
135.88
0.45
286.87
0.05
0.21
0.14
34.46
4.19
0.20
485.62
14484.99
Components of Variance
σ
2
Females
101.99**
84.51**
185.51**
-0.01
187.52
0.10
0.06
-0.02
145.94**
-1.11**
0.03
3434.44**
59572.08**
σ
2
Males
0.52
2.32
22.99**
0.49**
230.52*
0.10
0.03
-0.01
60.13**
-1.31**
0.02
1276.95**
23527.44**
σ
2
gca
46.64**
39.67**
96.86**
0.26*
210.97
0.0016
0.026
-0.0115
99.13*
-1.22
0.02
2257.62**
39911.37**
σ
2
sca
5.25**
5.96*
18.25
0.69**
1028.89** 0.09**
0.028** 0.06**
298.99**
11.12**
0.25**
2142.22**
86512.73**
σ
2
gca
/σ
2
sca
8.80
6.65
5.30
0.37
0.20
0.0177
0.93
0.17
0.33
-0.10
0.09
1.05
0.46
Note: *, ** Significant at 5 per cent and 1 per cent levels of significance, respectively
