Genetic Components Derived Parameters and Heterosis in Okra under Saudi Arabia Conditions

Table 4

Range of heterosis % for studied traits and number of superior crosses showing significant desirable heterosis.

Trait	Heterosis % over				No. of significantly superior crosses on the base of
	MP		BP		MP		BP
	PH	−8.1 to 39.4	3.5 to 35.8	−14.2 to 34.3	−3.3 to 30.9	5	6	4	4
NB	−21.5 to 26.2	−20.1 to 11.2	−24.6 to 20.1	−23.7 to 6.1	3	3	2	3
NN	−26.7 to −9.3	−25.1 to 10.5	−38 to −12	−29.3 to 1.4	—	—	—	—
Flow	−4.3 to 7.7	−3.2 to 4.5	−1.4 to 9.6	0.4 to 6.1	1	1	1
PL	−35 to 1.6	−32.4 to 0.9	−36.1 to −6.5	−33.6 to −3.6	1	1	—	—
PD	−24.6 to 3.4	−25 to −0.24	−27.8 to −2.8	−28.2 to −7.5	2	—	—	—
EM	−3.6 to 3.9	−9.1 to 3	−1.7 to 5.5	0.7 to 4	2	3	1	—
NS	−5.7 to 35.0	−10.9 to 24.6	−14.3 to 15.9	−17.9 to 10.6	4	4	4	4
NP	3.8 to 45	−4.5 to 48.8	−4 to 33.3	−11.7 to 38.4	5	2	5	3
APW	−17.2 to 61.2	6.4 to 59.6	−24 to 51.8	−3.1 to 49.8	5	5	5	5
WSP	−5.5 to 116.2	−22.2 to 125.7	−25.3 to 110.9	−38.5 to 120.1	5	5	5	4
WMP	9.4 to 120.2	18.3 to 117.1	−1.4 to 90	6.6 to 92.1	6	6	5	5
WLP	13.9 to 149.9	8 to 147.8	7.2 to 104.1	1.6 to 104.9	6	5	5	5
FPY	−14.8 to 132.1	0.8 to 136.3	−27.6 to 97.5	−14.4 to 107.4	5	5	5	5

PH: plant height (cm), NB: no. of branches/plant, NN: no. nodes/plant, Flow: no. of days to flowering, PL: pods length (cm), PD: pods diameter (cm), EM: days to maturity, NS: no. of seeds/pod, NP: no. of pods/plant, APW: average pod weight (g), WSP: weight of small pods (kg/plot), WMP: weight of medium pods (kg/plot), WLP: weight of large pods (kg/plot), FPY: fresh pods yield (ton/ha), MP: midparent of the cross, and BP: high parent of the cross.