Combining Ability Analysis in Complete Diallel Cross of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)

Table 3

Mean performance of parents and their hybrids for yield components and fruit traits in watermelon.

Genotype	Fruit yield (kg)	Number of fruits	Vine length (m)	Days to first female flower	Days to fruit maturity	Fruit weight (kg)	Total soluble solids (^0Brix)	Rind thickness (cm)
P1 (CS-19)	14.80	2.94	3.48	37.38	77.75	7.94	8.91	1.53
P2 (BL-14)	10.31	2.25	2.60	31.06	67.56	5.20	9.26	1.34
P3 (6372-4)	10.76	2.38	2.76	31.55	71.13	5.47	9.02	1.31
P4 (CH-8)	11.77	2.56	2.42	31.75	67.06	5.56	9.65	1.50
P1 × P2	14.98	2.13	3.06	33.00	71.94	6.21	8.71	1.26
P1 × P3	11.97	2.56	3.04	33.82	72.94	6.42	8.82	1.25
P1 × P4	12.71	2.63	2.70	32.50	71.25	6.97	9.13	1.42
P2 × P3	14.98	2.81	2.98	31.94	71.88	6.20	9.07	1.29
P2 × P4	12.21	2.31	2.96	32.67	67.56	5.67	9.49	1.39
P3 × P4	10.69	2.44	2.61	32.06	70.38	5.22	9.49	1.33
P2 × P1	13.68	2.63	3.23	33.56	72.19	5.91	8.69	1.35
P3 × P1	13.66	2.88	2.92	32.63	68.94	5.80	9.11	1.44
P4 × P1	11.14	2.69	2.53	32.44	69.06	5.43	9.04	1.32
P3 × P2	15.19	2.90	2.72	32.63	72.19	7.48	9.67	1.55
P4 × P2	10.12	2.38	2.54	32.69	68.69	5.03	9.25	1.34
P4 × P3	11.10	2.44	2.56	33.06	69.88	5.44	9.05	1.30
C1 (check)	9.28	2.50	2.35	32.06	70.44	4.21	9.50	1.31
C2 (check)	8.11	3.63	2.63	31.88	67.56	2.51	11.16	1.70
Mean	11.88	2.59	2.78	32.69	70.47	5.70	9.28	1.40
CV (%)	28.17	24.30	21.00	6.76	5.03	20.45	9.59	18.58
LSD (5%)	1.53	0.44	0.27	1.22	2.47	0.81	0.62	0.32