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

Table 3

Genetic components and derived parameters for all studied okra traits.

Trait	D			F
Plant height (cm)	231.300 ± 16.67	1413.800 ± 48.45	1188 ± 44.72	434.900 ± 42.81	2.470	0.210	0.991	0.035
No. of branches/plant	0.080 ± 0.03	0.482 ± 0.10	0.451 ± 0.09	0.087 ± 0.09	2.439	0.234	0.845	0.082
No. nodes/plant	0.607 ± 0.05	0.583 ± 0.14	0.502 ± 0.13	−0.371 ± 0.12	0.980	0.215	0.952	0.770
No. of days to flowering	2.890 ± 0.43	5.895 ± 1.26	4.235 ± 1.16	0.347 ± 1.11	1.428	0.180	0.882	0.587
Pods length (cm)	0.192 ± 0.06	3.065 ± 0.16	2.499 ± 0.15	0.661 ± 0.14	3.995	0.204	0.983	0.071
Pods diameter (cm)	0.013 ± 0.004	0.066 ± 0.01	0.051 ± 0.01	0.017 ± 0.01	2.253	0.193	0.882	0.265
Early maturity (days)	−4.740 ± 0.58	−21.660 ± 1.69	−16.600 ± 1.56	−2.406 ± 1.49	2.138	0.192	0.725	0.415
Number of seeds/pod	118.500 ± 10.07	531.800 ± 29.27	512.700 ± 27.02	45.33 ± 25.87	2.118	0.241	0.986	0.261
No. of pods/plant	52.910 ± 5.03	51.770 ± 14.63	51.480 ± 13.50	−39.39 ± 12.93	0.989	0.249	0.888	0.695
Average pod weight (g)	0.036 ± 0.03	0.625 ± 0.08	0.504 ± 0.07	0.138 ± 0.07	4.149	0.202	0.926	0.066
Weight of small pods/plot	0.026 ± 0.01	0.150 ± 0.03	0.137 ± 0.03	0.0241 ± 0.02	2.421	0.228	0.930	0.164
Weight of medium pods	0.214 ± 0.01	0.092 ± 0.04	0.071 ± 0.03	0.129 ± 0.03	0.656	0.193	0.710	0.532
Weight of large pods	1.690 ± 0.04	1.086 ± 0.01	0.728 ± 0.11	1.572 ± 0.10	0.802	0.168	0.955	0.542
Total fresh pods	3.991 ± 0.12	1.406 ± 0.35	1.008 ± 0.32	2.621 ± 0.31	0.594	0.179	0.910	0.708