Line × Tester Mating Design Analysis for Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Table 3
Means of the measured characters for 9 bread wheat parents and their 20 F1 hybrids.
DHE
PHT
SL
FT
TKW
NG
GY
Lines
A901
133.0efg
66.2jk
11.8hij
7.8h
23.9i
55.1ab
10.5i
A899
137.3b
69.6hijk
11.5ij
13.7abcdef
32.7abcdefgh
44.9cdef
20.0abcdefgh
A1135
132.7efg
80.9bcdef
13.5abcde
15.0abcd
32.8abcdefg
44.4def
21.7abcdefg
A1069
132.3efg
73.1efghij
12.7efghij
11.8bcdefgh
32.4abcdefgh
49.9bcdef
18.8abcdefgh
AA
137.7ab
71.6fghijk
14.0abcde
8.8efgh
26.1ghi
60.0a
13.7ghi
Testers
MD
140.0a
99.8a
11.4j
16.8ab
39.2a
26.3h
17.3bcdefghi
Rmada
132.7efg
76.0efghi
13.6abcde
14.1abcd
29.5abcdefgh
47.6bcdef
20.4abcdefgh
HD1220
137.3b
63.2k
12.2fghij
12.4bcdefgh
27.3abcdefgh
55.0ab
18.8abcdefgh
Wifak
132.7efg
70.6ghijk
12.8defghi
8.4fgh
32.8hi
49.3bcdef
13.5hi
Lines × testers
A901 × MD
134.3def
87.6bc
13.2bcdefg
14.7abcd
32.1cdef
42.6efg
20.2abcdefgh
A901 × Rmada
132.7efg
75.2fghij
13.5abcdef
14.9abcd
27.0hij
51.8abcd
20.6abcdefgh
A901 × HD1220
134.7cde
69.8hijk
11.9ghij
10.9cdefgh
25.0j
50.6bcdef
14.6fghi
A901 × Wifak
133.7defg
67.1ijk
11.9ghij
8.3gh
29.3fghij
60.0a
15.4efghi
A899 × MD
137.0bc
89.6b
13.1cdefgh
17.7a
33.1bcde
34.9gh
20.4abcdefgh
A899 × Rmada
132.0fg
75.8efghi
14.1abcd
16.5ab
29.7defghi
49.3bcdef
24.2abc
A899 × HD1220
135.7bcd
70.6ghijk
11.8ghij
13.9abcde
29.4efghi
50.2bcdef
20.2abcdefgh
A899 × Wifak
132.3efg
78.0cdefgh
14.0abcde
18.2a
29.5efghi
50.5bcdef
26.6a
A1135 × MD
138.0ab
82.2bcde
11.6ij
14.0abcde
35.2bc
34.7gh
17.3bcdefghi
A1135 × Rmada
132.0fg
80.3bcdef
14.1abc
13.3abcdefg
30.7defgh
47.5bcdef
19.4abcdefgh
A1135 × HD1220
133.7defg
74.5efghij
14.0abcde
15.1abcd
32.0cdef
47.8bcdef
22.7abcde
A1135 × Wifak
131.3g
80.0cdefg
14.5ab
16.1abc
31.4cdefg
48.0bcdef
24.3ab
A1069 × MD
134.3def
99.2a
13.3bcdef
15.1abcd
36.8ab
42.4fg
23.6abcd
A1069 × Rmada
132.0fg
77.7defgh
13.7abcde
13.9abcde
29.9defghi
53.7abc
22.2abcdef
A1069 × HD1220
133.7defg
74.0efghij
13.4bcdef
12.1bcdefgh
29.0fghi
50.2bcdef
17.4bcdefghi
A1069 × Wifak
132.0fg
78.4cdefgh
14.0abcde
13.7abcde
30.3defgh
48.1bcdef
19.7abcdefgh
AA × MD
135.7bcd
86.1bcd
13.8abcde
12.1bcdefgh
33.6bcd
51.5abcdef
20.0abcdefgh
AA × Rmada
134.0def
77.5defgh
14.8a
10.5defgh
29.7defghi
52.2abcd
16.2cdefghi
AA × HD1220
137.0bc
71.7fghijk
13.9abcde
11.1cdefgh
27.8ghij
52.1abcd
15.7defghi
AA × Wifak
134.0def
76.5efghi
13.6abcde
10.8cdefgh
30.1defghi
51.6abcde
16.6bcdefghi
Over all mean
134.3
77.3
13.2
13.2
30.6
48.4
19.0
LSD0.05
1.9
6.9
1.0
2.2
2.9
6.6
3.0
DHE: number of days to heading, PHT: plant height (cm), SL: spike length (cm), FT: number of fertile tillers, TKW: thousand-kernel weight (g), NG: number of grains per spike, and GY: grain yield (g). Means within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other based on the 0.05 probability level of LSD.