Combining ability and gene action studies for yield and fibre traits in Gossypium arboreum using Griffings numerical and Haymans graphical approach

Table 1 Anova for combining ability

Source of Variation	d.f	DFF	PH	NMB/P	NSB/P	NB/P	NL/B	DBB	BW	NS/B	SCY/P	GOT	SI	LI	UHML	UI	Str	EL	Mic
GCA	5	14.29^a	947.538^a	0.62^a	27.333^a	35.374^a	0.082^a	36.689^a	0.028^a	15.659^a	154.646^a	52.962^a	2.123^a	0.338^a	7.702^a	2.922	13.615^a	0.196^a	0.914^a
SCA	15	20.262^a	732.27^a	0.659^a	12.342^a	29.3^a	0.086^a	18.977^a	0.236^a	34.469^a	174.699^a	55.403^a	2.572^a	0.28^a	2.6^a	1.03	3.275^a	0.078^a	0.41^a
Reciprocals	15	19.213^a	1150.14^a	0.662^a	18.258^a	24.203^a	0.104^a	30.718^a	0.195^a	27.227^a	195.709^a	83.336^a	2.653^a	0.185^a	4.243^a	2.294	5.052^a	0.057^a	0.537^a
Maternal effect	5	11.57	931.178	0.314	4.745	32.577	0.101	37.228	0.321	29.687	280.498	94.033	2.273	0.127	5.115	-	7.59	0.112	0.918
Maternal interaction	10	23.034^a	1259.62^a	0.837^a	25.015^a	20.016^a	0.105^a	27.462^a	0.132^a	25.996^a	153.314^a	77.987^a	2.843^a	0.213^a	3.807^a	-	3.783^a	0.03^b	0.346^a
Error	35	1.791 389	10.119	0.002	0.33	0.465	0.007	5.708	0.002	0.31	2.242	1.904	0.062	0.013	0.522	1.531	0.302	0.011	0.014

DFF days to fifty percent flowering (days), PH plant height (cm), NMB/P the number of monopodia per plant, NSB/P the number of sympodia per plant, NB/P the number of bolls per plant, NL/P the number of locules per boll, DBB days to first boll bursting (days), BW boll weight (g), NS/B the number of seeds per boll, SCY/P seed cotton yield per plant (g), SI seed index (g), LI lint index (g), GOT ginning out turn (%), UHML upper half mean length (mm), Str fibre strength (cN·tex^–1), UI uniformity index, EL elongation percentage (%), Mic micronaire, S.E (Gi) standard error for GCA effect of i^th parent, S.E.(Gi-Gj) standard error for GCA effect between i^th and j^th parents
^asignificant at 1%,
^bsignificant at 5%

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