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

Table 3

Better parent heterosis of 50 experimental hybrids evaluated in the 2015 rainy season.

Crosses	Grain yield	Midge damage	Days to 50% flowering
TX640 × L1	−15.24	33.33	0.00^ns
QL33 × L1	−23.38	−39.66	0.00^ns
TX640 × L2	−23.77	−44.26	3.03
QL33 × L2	−18.75	29.51	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L3	−40.45	−11.76	3.13
QL33 × L3	8.66	−20.69	−1.56^ns
TX640 × L4	−10.78	15.69	1.52^ns
QL33 × L4	10.78	−74.14	3.08
TX640 × L5	−44.76	−3.17	1.54^ns
QL33 × L5	3.62	3.17	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L6	33.14	−60.78	0.00^ns
QL33 × L6	−35.43	32.76	1.54^ns
TX640 × L7	46.05	−54.55	1.52^ns
QL33 × L7	−52.17	44.83	0.00^ns
TX640 × L8	−32.10	6.45	1.52^ns
QL33 × L8	8.16	−8.06	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L9	−49.89	−3.57	1.52^ns
QL33 × L9	−23.17	3.45	1.54^ns
TX640 × L10	−35.44	0.00^ns	−1.59^ns
QL33 × L10	−48.62	1.72	1.59^ns
TX640 × L11	15.23	−7.84	4.55^ns
QL33 × L11	−76.13	−48.28	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L12	−37.55	−1.64	4.55^ns
QL33 × L12	−0.85 ns	0.00 ns	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L13	20.76	−50.98	−3.03
QL33 × L13	−20.76	−43.10	4.62
TX640 × L14	19.16	−16.36	1.56^ns
QL33 × L14	−41.42	10.34	−1.56^ns
TX640 × L15	−2.23	0.00 ns	0.00^ns
QL33 × L15	−8.38	−1.64	−3.08
TX640 × L16	−0.69 ns	3.33	3.13^ns
QL33 × L16	−43.39	−1.67	−1.56^ns
TX640 × L17	−30.79	−30.65	−1.52^ns
QL33 × L17	−44.77	30.65	1.54^ns
TX640 × L18	16.53	45.10	0.00^ns
QL33 × L18	−16.53	−56.90	1.54^ns
TX640 × L19	−35.68	44.83	4.62
QL33 × L19	8.11	−15.52	−4.62
TX640 × LL20	9.60	−12.90	1.52^ns
QL33 × L20	−14.39	17.74	4.62
TX640 × L21	14.02	−7.81	−4.69^ns
QL33 × L21	−47.98	9.37	1.56^ns
TX640 × L22	−43.02	−8.62	1.54^ns
QL33 × L22	−32.93	10.34	−3.08
TX640 × L23	−12.46	−9.09	1.52^ns
QL33 × L23	−21.99	5.17	−1.54^ns
TX640 × L24	61.40	−43.40	0.00^ns
QL33 × L24	−23.67	5.17	−1.61^ns
TX640 × L25	36.48	−7.27	−3.03
QL33 × L25	−36.48	1.72	4.62

Note: significant at 1%, significant at 5%, and ns: nonsignificant.