Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis of Yield and Yield Components of Quality Protein Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids at Jimma, Western Ethiopia
Table 2
Mean performance of QPM hybrids evaluated at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Jimma University, Ethiopia) for different characters.
Entry
Name
TS
PH
EH
PC
NRE
NKR
HGWt
Yield
1
CKH-08001
82.00ba
156.80
58.40l
14.50cb
14.00
29.80
24.05
20.80h
2
CKH-08002
79.00b–g
173.90
84.80b–k
12.00b–e
13.00
31.30
27.15
33.88c–h
3
CKH-08003
77.50b–g
174.20
68.00ij
12.50b–e
14.00
30.30
22.00
26.03f–h
4
CKH-08004
80.50b–d
181.80
79.80c–k
14.00b–d
14.80
27.90
27.25
27.03f–h
5
CKH-08005
75.50c–h
198.10
91.28b–g
15.00b
14.20
35.30
26.50
49.95b–e
6
CKH-08006
74.50f–i
206.30
93.80b–f
14.00b–d
13.40
32.20
28.80
35.00c–h
7
CKH-08007
73.50g–i
204.00
96.80b–d
14.00b–d
16.80
33.60
22.85
37.12c–h
8
CKH-08008
78.50b–g
188.10
80.50c–k
15.00b
14.80
34.10
28.25
32.39c–h
9
CKH-08009
76.50b–h
185.50
88.40b–i
12.50b–e
14.60
33.60
26.65
39.86c–h
10
CKH-08010
79.00b–g
176.10
68.10ij
13.00b–e
14.25
35.25
33.95
30.15e–h
11
CKH-08011
78.50b–g
170.80
70.20g–j
12.00b–e
14.20
34.50
27.25
27.16f–h
12
CKH-08012
77.50b–g
192.80
87.30b–i
12.50b–e
14.60
36.50
29.05
39.36c–h
13
CKH-08013
76.00c–h
188.70
77.50d–j
14.50bc
13.60
34.30
29.55
34.13c–h
14
CKH-08014
78.50b–g
187.90
84.80b–i
13.00b–e
14.80
30.30
22.00
24.17gh
15
CKH-08015
77.00b–g
199.30
88.20b–i
13.00b–i
14.20
34.20
28.20
35.12c–h
16
CKH-08016
71.00hi
184.20
79.70c–k
14.50bc
14.40
32.80
29.35
42.23c–h
17
CKH-08017
76.00c–h
184.20
77.30d–j
14.00b–d
14.80
33.60
28.75
30.15e–h
18
CKH-08018
78.00c–g
171.00
70.80g–j
13.50b–d
15.40
29.60
24.05
29.52e–h
19
CKH-08019
70.00i
189.30
83.80b–i
13.00b–e
13.60
34.10
26.65
30.76c–h
20
CKH-08020
80.00c–f
195.60
94.80b–e
12.50b–e
15.20
33.80
27.05
47.83b–g
21
CKH-08021
77.00b–g
192.70
79.50c–k
14.50bc
14.00
33.80
29.30
27.77c–h
22
CKH-08022
81.00b–d
187.90
79.40c–k
12.00b–e
15.00
32.70
26.00
31.76c–h
23
CKH-08023
75.00c–h
196.70
95.50b–e
14.00b–e
13.60
34.50
34.25
53.18bc
24
CKH-08024
76.50b–h
206.20
99.90b
12.50b
14.40
31.60
28.20
43.97b–g
25
CKH-08025
76.50b–h
187.80
85.60b–i
15.00b
14.60
32.30
27.50
29.39e–h
26
CKH-08026
76.50b–h
196.60
89.40b–h
11.00b–e
14.80
29.50
23.40
33.01c–h
27
CKH-08027
77.50b–g
199.40
85.20b–i
14.50cb
14.00
34.70
29.15
37.87c–h
28
CKH-08028
76.00c–h
199.10
88.30b–i
12.00b–e
14.00
31.50
24.85
36.62c–h
29
CKH-08029
81.50a–c
182.60
76.20d–j
12.50b–e
14.40
37.70
26.65
31.89c–h
30
CKH-08030
81.00b–d
184.70
78.60d–j
12.50b–e
14.60
35.40
26.15
37.87c–h
31
CKH-08031
77.50b–g
186.80
81.20b–i
10.00e
14.20
34.00
27.60
47.71c–g
32
CKH-08032
77.00b–g
199.20
101.50b
13.50b–d
13.40
31.90
30.10
35.88c–h
33
CKH-08033
80.50b–d
163.60
68.30h–j
13.50b–d
13.60
31.90
26.30
24.79gh
34
CKH-08034
78.50b–g
188.00
84.00b–i
13.00b–e
12.80
32.30
27.85
26.41f–h
35
CKH-08035
75.50c–h
205.80
82.10b–i
11.50c–e
13.60
37.40
28.00
31.39c–h
36
CKH-08036
76.50b–h
202.60
92.50b–f
14.50cb
14.60
30.90
25.55
33.38c–h
37
CKH-08037
78.00b–g
174.80
73.50f–j
14.50cb
14.80
29.90
23.30
27.41e–h
38
CKH-08038
74.50f–i
192.90
88.10b–i
14.00b–d
15.60
35.20
29.90
52.44b–d
39
CKH-08039
74.50f–i
191.50
78.20b–j
12.50b–e
13.80
33.40
26.75
34.384c–h
40
CKH-08040
73.50g–i
203.80
95.80b–d
13.00cb
14.20
34.10
33.00
61.54b
41
QPMHYB1
77.00b–g
187.30
77.90d–j
14.00b–d
14.00
32.30
24.95
26.03f–h
52
QPMHYB2
79.50b–f
168.70
77.00d–j
14.00b–d
14.20
34.30
25.50
30.64c–h
43
QPMHYB3
78.00c–g
177.50
74.50e–j
14.00b–d
14.40
30.30
28.90
24.54gh
44
WH403
77.50b–g
188.20
83.90b–i
13.00b–e
14.40
34.70
28.45
42.10b–h
45
BH-660
86.50a
261.40
147.20a
24.00a
—
—
42.90
106.76a
Mean
77.37
189.67
84.17
13.52
14.31
37.7
27.64
36.48
CV (%)
3.07
8.62
10.28
12.16
6.78
9.70
13.67
30.26
LSD (0.05)
2.05
NS
17.72
3.37
NS
NS
NS
22.61
NS: nonsignificant; TS: days to 50% tasseling; PH: plant height; EH: ear height; PC: plant count; NRE: number of kernel-rows per ear; NKR: number of kernels per row; HGWt: hundred-grain weight. Means in the same column with the same letter are not statistically different at .