Estimates for Genetic Variance Components in Reciprocal Recurrent Selection in Populations Derived from Maize Single-Cross Hybrids
Table 1
Combined analysis of variance for unhusked ear weight (EW—g/plant) to evaluate progenies of intra- and interpopulation half sibs from cycle 0 (C0) and cycle 3 (C3).
VF
DF
C0
C3
Population 1
Population 2
Population 1
Population 2
MS11
MS12
MS22
MS21
MS11
MS12
MS22
MS21
Environment (E)
1
32545.2ns
76526.41*
31947.0ns
118584.2*
132336.5*
280837.4*
93620.8ns
221664.09*
Progeny (P)
99
1372.62*
1265.74ns
1453.06**
1584.65**
1260.23**
1986.26ns
1156.75ns
2990.09**
E × P
99
996.99**
1224.85**
472.23ns
684.19ns
730.92**
1725.41ns
891.26**
1083.31ns
Error
342
622.94
553.30
494.33
556.97
441.26
1382.01
600.17
1062.86
CV (%)
14.99
11.99
12.65
12.18
15.19
19.21
14.45
16.92
Means
166.49
186.16
175.76
183.66
138.10
193.47
169.55
192.66
F test is significant at 5%.
**F test is significant at 1%.
nsF test is nonsignificant.