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