Table 4: Specific Combining Ability (SCA) effects for eleven horticultural traits in 6×6 half diallel population of chili.

Crosses DFFl DFFr PHFF TFFW NFPP FL FW TDFW NSPF HSW FFYPP
P1×P2 0.31 -2.95 -1.92** -2.69 -42.22** 0.87* 0.14** 0.58** -9.41 -0.02 -83.59**
P1×P3 5.43* -1.54 -3.84** -1.01 -1.10 0.82* -0.13** -2.02** -27.07** 0.06 -14.76
P1×P4 -7.15** -6.33* 2.89** 4.07* 21.99* 1.77** 0.00 0.11* 25.70** -0.21** 51.81**
P1×P5 -1.73 -2.08** 4.56** -7.43** -8.20 -0.48 -0.12* -0.59** 21.26** -0.08* -35.32*
P1×P6 5.02 5.46 1.96** 12.88** 21.18* 1.66** -0.02 1.40** 8.39 -0.06 117.43**
P2×P3 -1.98 -9.87 5.00** -0.27 19.21* -0.12 -0.11* -0.37** 14.46** -0.01 19.35
P2×P4 -0.57 -4.66 1.91** 2.46 -2.08 -0.86* -0.07 -0.27** 25.45** -0.08* 5.17
P2×P5 5.52* -0.08 -0.17 -0.22 49.35** 0.05 0.09 0.79** -17.38** 0.09* 49.85**
P2×P6 5.60* 1.46 -1.07 -1.87 -15.67 0.64 0.00 0.62** -2.86 0.06 -7.15
P3×P4 5.23* -0.58 1.70* -0.22 -0.50 0.53 0.07 -0.77** -4.64 -0.01 -7.54
P3×P5 1.31 -3.33 -1.05 1.84 -7.02 0.24 0.06 -0.39** -1.87 0.06 6.76
P3×P6 1.06 2.88 -1.78* -1.25 7.33 -0.23 0.04 -0.09 20.43** -0.03 22.91
P4×P5 -2.61 1.88 -2.70** 0.08 -8.61 0.17 -0.02 -0.24** -0.28 0.06 -4.38
P4×P6 -3.52 -2.24 1.35* -10.45** 1.30 -0.22 -0.13** -1.48** -12.72* -0.01 -34.35*
P5×P6 -5.44* -5.99* -0.14 5.94 -23.69** -0.25 0.05 0.77 7.18** 0.02 -35.51**
SE(sij) 2.39 2.40 0.63 1.79 7.53 0.38 0.04 0.04 4.76 0.04 16.05

* and ** indicate significance at 5% and 1% levels respectively
DFFl – Days to first flowering, DFFr – Days to first fruiting, PHFF – Plant height at first fruiting (cm), TFFW – Ten fresh fruit weight (g), NFPP – Number of fruits per plant, FL – Fruit length (cm), FW – Fruit width (cm), TDFW – Ten dry fruit weight (g), NSPF – Number of seeds per fruit, HSW – Hundred seed weight (g), FFYPP – Fresh fruit yield per plant (g)