Table 6 Specific combining ability (SCA) effects of 18 cotton hybrids based on 12 measured traits (combined analysis of two growing seasons)

TNB × G.94

14.92

47.85

−1.81

−0.13

19.02

−1.74

−1.39

2.45

−0.19

−0.51

−0.05

0.25

(G.89 × G.86) × G.94

11.19

30.17

0.36

0.08

8.76

0.08

0.20

−0.36

0.01

1.34

0.10

0.55

(G.90 × Aust) × G.94

−9.66

−28.74

0.13

0.18

−11.05

0.82

0.27

0.61

−0.18

−0.95

−0.04

−0.26

Uzbekistan 1 × G.94

−1.95

−9.37

0.55

0.14

−5.21

1.30

0.64

−0.23

0.19

−0.02

−0.05

−0.43

Aust 12 × G.94

−9.90

−25.61

0.33

−0.12

−7.98

−0.92

−0.08

−1.00

0.09

−0.39

0.20

0.04

G.96 × G.94

−4.61

−14.30

0.44

−0.15

−3.54

0.47

0.36

−1.46

0.09

0.53

−0.15

−0.15

TNB × G.86

−3.14

−12.65

0.42

−0.18

−3.72

1.17

0.49

−1.88

0.09

−0.08

0.11

−0.02

(G.89 × G.86) × G.86

−3.68

−9.76

−0.32

−0.17

−1.79

−0.16

−0.21

−0.33

−0.01

−0.23

−0.04

−0.32

(G.90 × Aust) × G.86

12.86

34.95

−0.31

−0.30

14.68

−0.12

−0.20

−1.08

0.22

0.90

0.07

0.30

Uzbekistan 1 × G.86

−3.56

−7.68

0.10

0.17

−3.63

−0.47

−0.06

0.56

−0.13

−0.89

−0.09

0.40

Aust 12 × G.86

0.32

1.08

−0.05

0.19

−0.87

0.25

0.06

1.21

0.02

0.44

−0.14

−0.79

G.96 × G.86

−2.80

−5.95

0.16

0.29

−4.67

−0.66

−0.09

1.52

−0.18

−0.14

0.11

0.43

TNB × G.97

−11.78

−35.19

1.39

0.31

−15.30

0.58

0.89

−0.57

0.11

0.58

−0.05

−0.23

(G.89 × G.86) × G.97

−7.50

−20.41

−0.04

0.09

−6.97

0.08

0.01

0.69

0.01

−1.12

−0.05

−0.23

(G.90 × Aust) × G.97

−3.20

−6.22

0.18

0.12

−3.64

−0.70

−0.07

0.48

−0.03

0.05

−0.04

−0.04

Uzbekistan 1 × G.97

5.51

17.05

−0.65

−0.31

8.84

−0.82

−0.58

−0.33

−0.06

0.92

0.15

0.04

Aust 12 × G.97

9.57

24.53

−0.28

−0.07

8.85

0.68

0.02

−0.20

−0.11

−0.05

−0.05

0.75

G.96 × G.97

7.40

20.25

−0.60

−0.14

8.21

0.19

−0.28

−0.07

0.09

−0.38

0.05

−0.28

LSD _0.05

3.08

7.69

0.39

0.16

3.48

0.91

0.31

0.96

0.14

0.25

0.12

0.41