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)