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Table 2 The estimates of general combining ability (gca) effects of the parents for various characters in pigeonpea
Parents
Days to
flowering
Days to
maturity
Plant
height(cm)
No. of
branches
per plant
No. of pods
per plant
No. of seeds
per pod
Pod length
(cm)
100-seed
weight (g)
Seed yield
per plant
(g)
Harvest
index
(%)
Protein
content
(%)
Biological
yield
(g)
Leaf area
(cm
2
)
Lines
CMSGT301 A 9.97**
8.44**
-6.14*
0.47**
-9.22**
-0.22**
-0.48**
0.02
-12.57** -1.72**
0.19*
-24.87**
-55.23**
CMSGT302 A 2.43**
-0.96
-1.84
0.11
-6.78*
0.09*
0.07
0.09
-4.10**
0.04
-0.16
-12.87**
75.64**
CMS GT 33 A -17.97** -15.89** -11.72**
-0.11
-20.60**
-0.14**
-0.09
-0.02
-5.37**
2.02**
0.48**
-53.67**
-288.35**
CMSGT288 A -9.03**
-4.76**
-5.68*
-0.09
-4.37
0.12**
0.28**
0.02
-5.17**
-0.17
-0.20*
- 20.27**
- 200.15**
CMSGT601
8.10**
6.64**
-2.45
-0.68**
2.47
0.01
0.02
-0.02
-1.23
0.16
0.07
-11.86**
1.92
CMSGT603 A 6.50**
6.51**
27.83**
0.29*
38.49**
0.13**
0.19*
-0.09
28.43**
-0.34
-0.37**
123.53**
466.17**
S.Em.±
0.53
0.81
2.35
0.14
3.41
0.04
0.06
0.08
1.18
0.41
0.09
4.44
24.27
Testers
GTR 8
-0.62
-2.23**
-8.06**
-0.34**
-15.13**
-0.19**
-0.01
0.12
-6.53**
1.16**
0.14
-42.18**
-278.44**
GTR 18
1.71**
3.27**
0.38
-0.86**
6.45*
-0.10*
-0.03
0.00
1.69
-0.46
0.39**
17.16**
104.66**
GTR 23
1.10*
-0.07
-0.82
0.39**
-10.94**
0.07
-0.13*
-0.18
-9.92**
-0.99**
-0.24**
-28.62**
-12.49
GTR 52
-1.40**
0.10
0.21
-0.36**
-13.53**
0.10*
0.03
0.09
-2.48*
-0.43
-0.06
-7.17
-12.72
GTR 95
-0.79
-1.07
8.28**
1.17**
33.15**
0.13**
0.14**
-0.03
17.24**
0.71
-0.23**
60.82**
199.00**
S.Em.±
0.47
0.72
2.10
0.12
3.05
0.04
0.06
0.07
1.06
0.37
0.08
3.97
21.7
Note: *, ** Significant at 5 per cent and 1 per cent levels of significance, respectively
