Genetic Performance and General Combining Ability of Oil Palm Deli dura x AVROS pisifera Tested on Inland Soils

Table 4

Mean squares of bunch quality characteristics.

Source of variation	df	F/B	O/B	K/B	M/F	S/F	O/DM	OY	KY	TEP
Replications	2	228.56	67.88	42.68	158.24	23.08	30.51	1568.76	301.58	2501.74
Pisifera males	10	289.85**	58.82ns	17.16*	219.01ns	99.49ns	0.94ns	422.35ns	42.31*	521.30ns
Dura females/pisifera male	29	73.73ns	10.42**	7.71**	117.73**	63.69**	17.87**	257.65**	19.49**	300.94**
Replications x Pisifera males	20	42.67 ns	14.35ns	1.75ns	33.81*	17.03**	14.30**	274.80**	10.87**	327.93**
Replications x Dura females/pisifera male	58	79.41**	25.66**	4.82**	45.74**	20.10**	14.30**	192.46**	15.12**	236.63**
Within palms	835	50.86	15.71	2.33	18.08	8.01	7.48	67.75	5.21	78.64

*Significant at 5% level; **Significant at 1% level; ns: non-significant; df: degrees of freedom; F/B: fruit-to-bunch ratio, O/B: oil-to-bunch ratio, K/B: kernel-to-bunch ratio; M/F: mesocarp-to-fruit ratio; S/F: shell to fruit ratio; O/DM: oil-to-dry mesocarp ratio; OY: oil yield; KY: kernel yield; TEP: total economic product.