Table 6: Mid parent heterosis for eleven horticultural traits of fifteen F1's in 6×6 half diallel population of chili.
Crosses |
DFFl |
DFFr |
PHFF |
TFFW |
NFPP |
FL |
FW |
TDFW |
NSPF |
HSW |
FFYPP |
P1×P2
|
2.98 |
-7.37 |
-0.53 |
-8.39** |
-70.08** |
38.05** |
13.96** |
19.49** |
-2.94 |
-22.03** |
-67.75* |
P1×P3
|
8.47* |
-5.34 |
-20.11** |
1.00 |
3.62 |
48.09** |
-19.58** |
-61.61** |
-33.43** |
-0.91** |
0.99 |
P1×P4
|
-8.27* |
-9.48* |
45.62** |
21.27** |
77.96** |
76.05** |
-8.02** |
-15.18** |
78.83** |
-54.69** |
88.46** |
P1×P5
|
-1.87 |
-5.29 |
38.25** |
-29.81** |
-20.14 |
12.61** |
-16.86** |
-16.17** |
45.39** |
-28.22** |
-36.55 |
P1×P6
|
6.20 |
3.66 |
22.08** |
37.02** |
59.40** |
44.76** |
-5.46** |
28.08** |
22.64** |
-30.20** |
121.68** |
P2×P3
|
3.02 |
-13.53** |
41.33** |
-8.75** |
42.23** |
7.54** |
-16.06** |
-28.67** |
26.03** |
5.26** |
26.93 |
P2×P4
|
-0.48 |
-9.59* |
37.57** |
6.60* |
5.63 |
-9.33** |
-14.38** |
-21.35** |
72.87** |
-27.63** |
5.30 |
P2×P5
|
6.73 |
-5.26 |
6.19** |
-7.61* |
69.89** |
2.84** |
18.56** |
54.36** |
-20.02* |
52.50** |
48.89 |
P2×P6
|
8.81* |
-1.91 |
-0.39 |
-3.66 |
-29.66* |
17.34** |
-0.52** |
31.98** |
5.94 |
21.32** |
3.97 |
P3×P4
|
5.53 |
-5.39 |
26.11** |
-12.38** |
23.05 |
39.91** |
1.34** |
-63.12** |
9.37 |
-10.02** |
4.95 |
P3×P5
|
3.15 |
-7.04 |
-6.17** |
15.84** |
-4.18 |
13.92** |
8.66** |
-38.54** |
1.21 |
29.30** |
17.53 |
P3×P6
|
4.58 |
0.14 |
-12.36** |
-0.51 |
32.37* |
8.16** |
1.03** |
-14.34** |
34.67** |
-4.32** |
55.39* |
P4×P5
|
-4.99 |
-2.88 |
-11.08** |
-9.35** |
-11.77 |
14.71** |
-6.36** |
-30.58** |
26.07** |
7.05** |
-16.11 |
P4×P6
|
-4.87 |
-4.35 |
26.36** |
-31.89** |
8.47 |
9.78** |
-17.35** |
-42.11** |
1.31 |
-14.42** |
-22.22 |
P5×P6
|
-5.35 |
-7.08 |
0.48 |
23.92** |
-60.59** |
1.32* |
6.05** |
30.61** |
20.50** |
15.62** |
-28.75 |
* 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)