Research Article

Genetic Performance and General Combining Ability of Oil Palm Deli dura x AVROS pisifera Tested on Inland Soils

Table 1

Mean squares of yield and yield components.

Source of variationdfFFBBNOABW

Replications249137.61268.98110.87
Pisifera males107605.62ns27.50ns79.07ns
Dura females/pisifera male295832.9ns29.73*64.83ns
Replications x pisifera males204734.22ns33.61**21.32ns
Replications x dura females/pisifera male584471.24**15.79**43.28**
Within palms1224898.364.889.89

*Significant at 5% level; **Significant at 1% level; ns: non-significant; df: degrees of freedom; FFB: fresh fruit bunch; BNO: bunch number; ABW: average bunch weight.