Research Article

Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge

Table 2

Mean performance of 50 experimental hybrids evaluated in the 2015 rainy season.

CrossesGrain yield (t/ha)Midge damageDays to 50% flowering

TX640 × L16.180.7265
QL33 × 13.840.3565
TX640 × L25.560.3468
QL33 × L23.990.7964
TX640 × L34.340.4566
QL33 × L35.420.4663
TX640 × L48.370.5967
QL33 × L410.390.1567
TX640 × L54.030.6166
QL33 × L55.090.6564
TX640 × L69.710.266
QL33 × L64.630.7766
TX640 × L710.650.2567
QL33 × L73.350.8465
TX640 × L84.950.6667
QL33 × L85.830.5764
TX640 × L93.650.5467
QL33 × L93.770.666
TX640 × L104.710.5862
QL33 × L102.520.5964
TX640 × L118.410.4769
QL33 × L111.170.364
TX640 × L124.560.669
QL33 × L124.870.6164
TX640 × L139.890.2564
QL33 × L136.490.3368
TX640 × L148.690.4665
QL33 × L143.600.6463
TX640 × L157.130.6165
QL33 × L156.030.663
TX640 × L167.240.6266
QL33 × L162.780.5963
TX640 × L175.050.4365
QL33 × L172.710.8166
TX640 × L1812.780.7466
QL33 × L189.160.2566
TX640 × L194.690.8468
QL33 × L196.700.4962
TX640 × LL208.210.5467
QL33 × L206.420.7368
TX640 × L218.320.5961
QL33 × L212.920.765
TX640 × L224.160.5366
QL33 × L223.290.6463
TX640 × L236.390.567
QL33 × L234.080.6164
TX640 × L2411.770.362
QL33 × L245.250.6161
TX640 × L2511.490.5164
QL33 × L255.350.5968
Grand mean5.910.5465
LSD0.444.19