Table 11 Rank positions of the F1’s based on 15 morpho-physiological characters.

From: Combining ability and gene action for yield improvement in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) under tropical conditions through diallel mating design

Crosses

PH

BD

CD

MD

TD

NN

DTFF

D50%F

FW1

FW2

DSW

DFW

NF

NS

SW

Cumulative rank

Position of crosses

P1 × P2

6

17

19

15

27

11

29

31

16

19

21

28

17

34

22

312

26

P1 × P3

14

7

6

10

7

33

24

17

9

17

19

6

7

4

28

208

3

P1 × P4

23

15

14

14

26

22

33

33

18

15

2

16

3

8

35

277

18

P1 × P5

34

30

30

36

17

21

3

10

29

34

26

35

34

26

1

366

34

P1 × P6

20

22

17

17

12

26

18

21

14

20

8

19

25

36

6

281

20

P1 × P7

3

5

5

26

36

30

4

16

8

8

15

7

10

18

20

211

5

P1 × P8

10

19

18

24

34

10

22

24

25

28

28

22

11

5

29

309

25

P1 × P9

29

31

33

9

5

4

8

2

33

9

36

14

29

12

14

268

15

P2 × P3

30

1

1

4

9

36

7

19

1

2

23

1

23

33

19

209

4

P2 × P4

2

12

12

8

23

34

5

12

21

16

10

11

8

25

18

217

7

P2 × P5

17

8

8

27

35

35

1

4

12

12

7

4

19

20

21

230

9

P2 × P6

5

9

9

12

32

29

25

34

20

6

17

12

24

1

10

245

12

P2 × P7

11

10

10

21

33

20

34

36

7

13

6

9

14

3

7

234

10

P2 × P8

12

25

26

23

15

17

35

28

17

26

30

26

4

35

36

355

32

P2 × P9

36

36

36

33

1

1

17

3

36

36

31

36

35

17

12

366

35

P3 × P4

13

18

15

20

30

32

16

26

11

21

27

21

21

13

9

293

21

P3 × P5

8

26

25

31

22

7

21

11

6

7

5

23

12

10

34

248

13

P3 × P6

7

21

21

16

28

15

20

23

30

30

16

30

13

22

15

307

24

P3 × P7

9

27

31

25

21

9

23

32

26

18

14

18

30

24

30

337

29

P3 × P8

18

13

22

30

24

31

14

18

15

27

13

33

9

23

4

294

22

P3 × P9

32

35

35

22

11

2

11

6

35

33

25

34

27

15

8

331

28

P4 × P5

24

11

13

6

18

18

31

20

5

23

29

17

15

11

16

257

14

P4 × P6

21

4

4

13

31

28

36

35

2

3

4

10

2

19

31

243

11

P4 × P7

27

32

34

18

3

14

15

7

31

35

33

31

36

31

2

349

31

P4 × P8

15

6

7

19

8

25

2

14

23

14

12

20

28

7

13

213

6

P4 × P9

28

24

23

32

10

3

13

9

27

5

18

8

33

21

27

281

19

P5 × P6

4

29

27

28

25

8

28

30

34

31

22

25

31

14

11

347

30

P5 × P7

19

23

24

11

19

13

26

27

19

10

35

32

5

2

32

297

23

P5 × P8

1

2

2

1

4

16

10

29

3

1

3

2

16

32

5

127

1

P5 × P9

33

33

32

29

14

12

32

22

32

32

20

15

20

28

33

387

36

P6 × P7

26

14

11

7

2

19

9

15

24

29

32

24

22

16

25

275

17

P6 × P8

25

16

16

35

20

6

6

8

10

24

34

29

6

9

24

268

16

P6 × P9

31

20

20

5

6

23

12

1

13

11

9

5

18

29

17

220

8

P7 × P8

16

28

28

34

29

5

30

25

28

22

24

27

32

30

3

361

33

P7 × P9

22

3

3

2

13

24

19

5

4

4

1

3

1

27

23

154

2

P8 × P9

35

34

29

3

16

27

27

13

22

25

11

13

26

6

26

313

27

  1. The lowest value for each character indicates the best one, PH plant height, BD base diameter, CD core diameter, MD middle diameter, TD top diameter, NN number of nodes, DTFF days to 1st flowering, D50%F days to 50% flowering, FW1 fresh stem weight with leaves and pod, FW2 fresh stem weight without leaves and pod, DSW dry stick weight, DFW dry fiber weight, NF number of pods per plant, NS number of seeds per pod, SW 1000 seeds weight.