International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

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	82.00^ba	156.80	58.40^l	14.50^cb	14.00	29.80	24.05	20.80^h
2	CKH-08002	79.00^b–g	173.90	84.80^b–k	12.00^b–e	13.00	31.30	27.15	33.88^c–h
3	CKH-08003	77.50^b–g	174.20	68.00^ij	12.50^b–e	14.00	30.30	22.00	26.03^f–h
4	CKH-08004	80.50^b–d	181.80	79.80^c–k	14.00^b–d	14.80	27.90	27.25	27.03^f–h
5	CKH-08005	75.50^c–h	198.10	91.28^b–g	15.00^b	14.20	35.30	26.50	49.95^b–e
6	CKH-08006	74.50^f–i	206.30	93.80^b–f	14.00^b–d	13.40	32.20	28.80	35.00^c–h
7	CKH-08007	73.50^g–i	204.00	96.80^b–d	14.00^b–d	16.80	33.60	22.85	37.12^c–h
8	CKH-08008	78.50^b–g	188.10	80.50^c–k	15.00^b	14.80	34.10	28.25	32.39^c–h
9	CKH-08009	76.50^b–h	185.50	88.40^b–i	12.50^b–e	14.60	33.60	26.65	39.86^c–h
10	CKH-08010	79.00^b–g	176.10	68.10^ij	13.00^b–e	14.25	35.25	33.95	30.15^e–h
11	CKH-08011	78.50^b–g	170.80	70.20^g–j	12.00^b–e	14.20	34.50	27.25	27.16^f–h
12	CKH-08012	77.50^b–g	192.80	87.30^b–i	12.50^b–e	14.60	36.50	29.05	39.36^c–h
13	CKH-08013	76.00^c–h	188.70	77.50^d–j	14.50^bc	13.60	34.30	29.55	34.13^c–h
14	CKH-08014	78.50^b–g	187.90	84.80^b–i	13.00^b–e	14.80	30.30	22.00	24.17^gh
15	CKH-08015	77.00^b–g	199.30	88.20^b–i	13.00^b–i	14.20	34.20	28.20	35.12^c–h
16	CKH-08016	71.00^hi	184.20	79.70^c–k	14.50^bc	14.40	32.80	29.35	42.23^c–h
17	CKH-08017	76.00^c–h	184.20	77.30^d–j	14.00^b–d	14.80	33.60	28.75	30.15^e–h
18	CKH-08018	78.00^c–g	171.00	70.80^g–j	13.50^b–d	15.40	29.60	24.05	29.52^e–h
19	CKH-08019	70.00ⁱ	189.30	83.80^b–i	13.00^b–e	13.60	34.10	26.65	30.76^c–h
20	CKH-08020	80.00^c–f	195.60	94.80^b–e	12.50^b–e	15.20	33.80	27.05	47.83^b–g
21	CKH-08021	77.00^b–g	192.70	79.50^c–k	14.50^bc	14.00	33.80	29.30	27.77^c–h
22	CKH-08022	81.00^b–d	187.90	79.40^c–k	12.00^b–e	15.00	32.70	26.00	31.76^c–h
23	CKH-08023	75.00^c–h	196.70	95.50^b–e	14.00^b–e	13.60	34.50	34.25	53.18^bc
24	CKH-08024	76.50^b–h	206.20	99.90^b	12.50^b	14.40	31.60	28.20	43.97^b–g
25	CKH-08025	76.50^b–h	187.80	85.60^b–i	15.00^b	14.60	32.30	27.50	29.39^e–h
26	CKH-08026	76.50^b–h	196.60	89.40^b–h	11.00^b–e	14.80	29.50	23.40	33.01^c–h
27	CKH-08027	77.50^b–g	199.40	85.20^b–i	14.50^cb	14.00	34.70	29.15	37.87^c–h
28	CKH-08028	76.00^c–h	199.10	88.30^b–i	12.00^b–e	14.00	31.50	24.85	36.62^c–h
29	CKH-08029	81.50^a–c	182.60	76.20^d–j	12.50^b–e	14.40	37.70	26.65	31.89^c–h
30	CKH-08030	81.00^b–d	184.70	78.60^d–j	12.50^b–e	14.60	35.40	26.15	37.87^c–h
31	CKH-08031	77.50^b–g	186.80	81.20^b–i	10.00^e	14.20	34.00	27.60	47.71^c–g
32	CKH-08032	77.00^b–g	199.20	101.50^b	13.50^b–d	13.40	31.90	30.10	35.88^c–h
33	CKH-08033	80.50^b–d	163.60	68.30^h–j	13.50^b–d	13.60	31.90	26.30	24.79^gh
34	CKH-08034	78.50^b–g	188.00	84.00^b–i	13.00^b–e	12.80	32.30	27.85	26.41^f–h
35	CKH-08035	75.50^c–h	205.80	82.10^b–i	11.50^c–e	13.60	37.40	28.00	31.39^c–h
36	CKH-08036	76.50^b–h	202.60	92.50^b–f	14.50^cb	14.60	30.90	25.55	33.38^c–h
37	CKH-08037	78.00^b–g	174.80	73.50^f–j	14.50^cb	14.80	29.90	23.30	27.41^e–h
38	CKH-08038	74.50^f–i	192.90	88.10^b–i	14.00^b–d	15.60	35.20	29.90	52.44^b–d
39	CKH-08039	74.50^f–i	191.50	78.20^b–j	12.50^b–e	13.80	33.40	26.75	34.384^c–h
40	CKH-08040	73.50^g–i	203.80	95.80^b–d	13.00^cb	14.20	34.10	33.00	61.54^b
41	QPMHYB1	77.00^b–g	187.30	77.90^d–j	14.00^b–d	14.00	32.30	24.95	26.03^f–h
52	QPMHYB2	79.50^b–f	168.70	77.00^d–j	14.00^b–d	14.20	34.30	25.50	30.64^c–h
43	QPMHYB3	78.00^c–g	177.50	74.50^e–j	14.00^b–d	14.40	30.30	28.90	24.54^gh
44	WH403	77.50^b–g	188.20	83.90^b–i	13.00^b–e	14.40	34.70	28.45	42.10^b–h
45	BH-660	86.50^a	261.40	147.20^a	24.00^a	—	—	42.90	106.76^a

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 .