Table 4: Averages of parental values and diallel hybrids for the studied traits.
Parents and hybrids |
Flag leaf area (cm2) |
No. spike.m-2 |
No. of grain per spike |
Weight of 1000 grain (gm) |
Individual plant yield (gm) |
1 |
35.04 |
313.9 |
61.2 |
40.7 |
36.74 |
2 |
29.78 |
304.7 |
62.3 |
38.1 |
33.72 |
3 |
32.12 |
317.4 |
64.1 |
33.5 |
29.97 |
4 |
33.15 |
289.6 |
66.8 |
36.4 |
33.12 |
5 |
30.87 |
324.1 |
64.7 |
35.7 |
36.70 |
2 × 1 |
30.84 |
339.9 |
58.9 |
37.4 |
40.63 |
3 × 1 |
32.71 |
348.2 |
64.1 |
32.2 |
38.33 |
4 × 1 |
33.52 |
310.2 |
56.4 |
42.9 |
42.12 |
5 × 1 |
36.91 |
360.4 |
63.5 |
48.9 |
47.36 |
3 × 2 |
37.41 |
351.0 |
55.2 |
47.2 |
46.08 |
4 × 2 |
33.62 |
297.0 |
69.7 |
41.7 |
41.58 |
5 × 2 |
35.48 |
321.2 |
59.4 |
44.2 |
39.72 |
4 × 3 |
32.16 |
288.1 |
68.4 |
43.4 |
32.94 |
5 × 3 |
31.61 |
287.2 |
60.7 |
42.3 |
38.87 |
5 × 4 |
36.14 |
339.7 |
59.7 |
45.2 |
44.82 |
L S D0.05 |
1.50 |
23.56 |
4.77 |
5.13 |
5.09 |