Table 5 Combining ability effects (SCA-below diagonal and GCA-bottom row), parental populations’ grain yield (in bold and on diagonal in kg ha−1) and population hybrids’ grain yield (above diagonal in kg ha−1) across three locations.
Population | EC C6 | ICMP 98107 | NWC C2 | ICMP 87237 | GB 8735 | GICKV 98771 | ICMS 7704 | ICMV 155 | SOSAT C88 | Sudan I | Ugandi | MRC GB | HHVBC | ICMP 87307 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EC C6 | 1792 | 1671 | 1755 | 2081 | 1652 | 1967 | 1937 | 2242 | 2382 | 2150 | 2024 | 1878 | 2508 | 1906 |
ICMP 98107 | − 333.67** | 2475 | 2051 | 2409 | 1950 | 2110 | 2197 | 2457 | 2286 | 2561 | 2029 | 2594 | 2042 | 2315 |
NWC C2 | − 116.07 | − 83.72 | 2017 | 2581 | 2041 | 2339 | 2191 | 1985 | 1971 | 2093 | 2243 | 2006 | 2112 | 2236 |
ICMP 87237 | − 18.70 | 58.55 | 360.03** | 2206 | 2540 | 2411 | 2370 | 2424 | 2579 | 2226 | 2428 | 1932 | 2270 | 2460 |
GB 8735 | − 405.76** | − 338.59** | − 99.82 | 138.25 | 2278 | 2440 | 2139 | 2210 | 2596 | 2462 | 2362 | 1964 | 2482 | 2992 |
GICKV 98771 | − 61.01 | − 162.65 | 181.36 | 38.11 | 111.69 | 2193 | 2280 | 2273 | 2469 | 2374 | 2378 | 2309 | 2304 | 2023 |
ICMS 7704 | 46.17 | 59.63 | 152.58 | 145.15 | − 41.17 | 96.17 | 1322 | 2472 | 2338 | 2257 | 2298 | 2205 | 2269 | 2318 |
ICMV 155 | 266.43* | 233.87* | − 103.99 | 131.37 | − 57.43 | 25.51 | 352.29** | 1729 | 2274 | 2532 | 2007 | 2486 | 2283 | 1980 |
SOSAT C88 | 287.68** | − 52.71 | − 234.59* | 147.44 | 215.13* | 118.06 | 115.40 | − 19.55 | 2320 | 2194 | 2032 | 2444 | 2344 | 2377 |
Sudan I | 16.43 | 191.97 | − 173.34 | − 252.52* | 44.44 | − 35.03 | − 3.94 | 188.79 | − 265.02* | 2667 | 2626 | 2116 | 2228 | 2487 |
Ugandi | − 1.35 | − 212.53 | 114.38 | 82.19 | 39.14 | 88.46 | 147.13 | − 201.24 | − 297.19** | 241.20* | 2494 | 2051 | 2190 | 2055 |
MRC GB | − 53.28 | 405.07** | − 35.03 | − 344.58** | − 255.74* | 117.61 | 150.79 | 367.98** | 195.70 | − 169.23 | − 135.89 | 1989 | 2122 | 2233 |
HHVBC | 478.21** | − 203.9 | − 36.98 | − 92.16 | 153.39 | 25.43 | 98.02 | 44.10 | − 20.21 | − 182.14 | − 66.39 | − 68.14 | 2082 | 2601 |
ICMP 87307 | − 167.49 | − 14.31 | 56.65 | 69.90 | 633.02** | − 313.43** | 107.45 | − 311.46** | − 11.07 | 55.34 | − 258.56* | 19.21 | 275.16* | 2304 |
GCA | − 233.77** | 8.31 | − 111.68** | 104.71** | 55.77* | 38.09 | − 100.14** | − 24.52 | 89.42** | 130.00** | 16.26 | − 74.14** | 28.59 | 73.11* |
