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)