Research Article
Combining Ability Analysis in Complete Diallel Cross of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)
Table 2
Mean squares of combined ANOVA for yield components and fruit traits in diallel cross of four watermelon inbred lines over four environments.
| Source of variation | d.f. | Fruit yield | Number of fruits | Vine length | Days to first female flower | Days to fruit maturity | Fruit weight | Total soluble solids | Rind thickness |
| Environments (E) | 3 | 441.08** | 6.42** | 38.19** | 579.05** | 2162.11** | 53.20** | 116.21** | 4.47** | Reps (environment) | 12 | 15.99 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 2.76 | 8.00 | 1.44 | 0.47 | 0.15** | Genotypes (G) | 15 | 46.15** | 0.82* | 1.34** | 31.51** | 113.10** | 11.31** | 1.49** | 0.14** | GCA | 3 | 114.40** | 1.02 | 5.86** | 92.09** | 484.82** | 46.26** | 3.84** | 0.20** | SCA | 6 | 26.22* | 0.38 | 0.36* | 32.34** | 31.21** | 4.37** | 0.93 | 0.21** | Reciprocal (R) | 6 | 31.97** | 1.15** | 0.07 | 2.66 | 9.13* | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.04 | G × E | 45 | 15.55 | 0.45 | 0.29** | 8.91** | 37.23** | 1.78* | 0.95* | 0.14** | GCA × E | 9 | 16.37 | 0.24 | 0.55** | 12.10** | 77.13** | 3.41** | 1.29* | 0.53** | SCA × E | 18 | 14.62 | 0.63 | 0.28* | 12.81** | 42.42** | 1.39 | 0.62 | 0.06 | R × E | 18 | 16.07 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 3.20 | 12.10* | 1.36 | 1.11* | 0.02 | Error | 180 | 10.04 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 3.24 | 6.76 | 1.24 | 0.65 | 0.039 |
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