Line × Tester Mating Design Analysis for Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Table 7

Significant mid-parent heterosis (%) for seven traits in bread wheat genotypes.

Crosses	DHE	PHT	SL	FT	TKW	NG	GY
A901  × MD	−1.6		13.8	19.5			45.3
A901  × Rmada				36.1			33.3
A901  × HD1220
A901  × Wifak						14.9	28.3
A899  × MD			14.4	16.1
A899  × Rmada	−2.2		12.4	18.7			19.8
A899  × HD1220
A899  × Wifak	−2.0	11.3	15.2	64.7	−9.9		58.8
A1135  × MD		−9.0
A1135  × Rmada
A1135  × HD1220
A1135  × Wifak			10.3	37.6			38.1
A1069  × MD		14.7	10.4			11.3	30.7
A1069  × Rmada						10.2
A1069  × HD1220
A1069  × Wifak			9.8	35.6			22.0
AA  × MD	−2.3		8.7			19.4	29.0
AA  × Rmada
AA  × HD1220						−9.4
AA  × Wifak

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).