Combining Ability of Pod Yield and Related Traits of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under Salinity Stress

Table 3

Analysis of variance of pod yield and related traits in a 6×6F₁ diallel population at 8 dS/m salinity imposed during flowering till harvest stages.

Sources of variation	df	Plant height	Branch number	^++Pod number	^++Pod yield
Genotype	20	55.88**	0.63**	0.85**	0.45**
Parent (P)	5	109.13**	0.06	1.41*	0.71**
F1𝑠	14	40.81**	0.83**	0.61**	0.35**
P versus F1	1	0.70	0.63	1.34**	0.67**
Error	42	3.42	0.20	0.01	0.01

** indicates significant at 𝑃≤0.05; ++ indicates square-root transformed data used.