Estimates of Combining Ability and Heterosis for Yield and Its Related Traits in Pearl Millet Inbred Lines under Downy Mildew Prevalent Areas of Senegal
Table 6
Estimates of GCA effects of lines and testers evaluated across the two sites.
Lines
DMI (%)
FWT (das)
PH (cm)
PLEN (cm)
PDIA (cm)
PT
TGW (g)
PY (kg ha−1)
GY (kg ha−1)
IBL 001-4-1
9.7
−0.8
10.1
−2.5
0.1
0.6
1.1
483.9
354.4
IBL 003-B-1
1.6
−4.2
−21.7
−5.7
0.3
0.2
1.7
447.9
367.4
IBL 011-4-1
−0.4
−3.8
−12.0
3.0
−0.3
0.3
0.0
−334.1
−260.4
IBL 021-3-1
−1.1
0.8
−21.3
−1.2
−0.2
−0.8
−0.5
−339.1
−143.8
IBL 055-4-1
−3.2
2.6
0.9
−2.9
0.3
−1.2
−0.4
−724.2
−132.9
IBL 091-1-1
−3.2
−3.0
−13.2
5.5
−0.1
−0.2
0.0
−111.2
217.9
IBL 095-4-1
−2.4
−1.7
3.0
6.7
−0.2
−0.2
0.0
−51.7
107.5
IBL 098-3-1
9.0
0.8
12.5
2.8
0.0
−0.6
−0.1
−227.9
−62.2
IBL 106-B-1
−0.4
1.4
−12.5
2.3
−0.2
−1.1
0.1
−554.6
−247.0
IBL 110-B-1
−2.3
0.6
−3.4
3.0
0.4
0.4
−0.9
756.7
66.2
IBL 114-6-1
−1.4
−0.5
−1.7
−2.7
0.0
−0.2
−0.3
215.7
−98.2
IBL 119-B-1
−2.4
2.9
41.2
3.3
−0.2
0.3
−0.4
37.4
−196.4
IBL 155-2-1
7.6
−1.0
5.3
−1.2
−0.2
1.3
0.2
−263.9
−239.0
IBL 165-1-1
−3.2
4.2
19.8
0.3
0.2
0.0
−0.1
350.7
−34.2
IBL 179-2-1
−3.2
1.6
19.4
−3.7
0.0
0.3
−0.1
−339.1
−236.0
IBL 179-3-1
−2.4
0.9
−1.1
−4.3
0.1
−0.2
−0.3
−92.9
−72.4
IBL 206-1-1
−2.3
−0.9
−25.2
−2.7
0.0
0.9
0.0
746.5
609.0
SE
2.0
0.8
4.9
1.2
0.2
0.4
0.6
508.2
325.6
Testers
Souna 3
2.0
0.4
−1.2
5.5
−0.1
−0.1
−0.6
99.0
−24.6
Sosat C 88
−2.0
−0.4
1.2
−5.5
0.1
0.1
0.6
−99.0
24.6
SE
1.0
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
21.6
46.7
DMI: downy mildew incidence; FWT: flowering time; PH: plant height; PL: panicle length; PDIA: panicle diameter; PT: productive tillers; TGW: 1000-grain weight; PY: panicle yield; GY: grain yield. Significant at 0.05 and 0.01 and 0.001 probability levels, respectively.
