Table 4 Genetic components for various traits of maize under drought stress conditions.

Traits	M.S	G.M	GV	GCV %	PV	PCV %	EV	ECV %	h²bs%	GA%
Root length	17.288*	12.593	5.762	67.642	5.764	67.656	0.002	1.381	99.958	89.610
Root weight	0.012*	0.319	0.003	9.911	0.006	13.289	0.003	8.853	55.621	13.129
Root-to-shoot length ratio	0.175*	1.268	0.058	21.301	0.060	21.777	0.003	4.528	95.676	28.219
Seed germination %age	553.422*	69.943	184.473	162.403	184.475	162.404	0.002	0.535	99.999	215.146
shoot length	25.348*	6.261	8.448	116.162	8.451	116.183	0.003	2.189	99.965	153.887
SOD	7.458*	4.243	2.485	76.532	2.488	76.570	0.003	2.427	99.900	101.386
Leaf length	0.105*	2.759	0.034	11.139	0.037	11.523	0.002	2.949	93.449	14.757
Leaf width	0.110*	2.439	0.036	12.132	0.038	12.498	0.002	3.003	94.226	16.072
Shoot weight	0.016*	0.376	0.004	10.899	0.007	13.415	0.002	7.821	66.010	14.439
catalase	0.003*	0.094	0.001	9.312	0.001	9.868	0.000	3.265	89.051	12.336
Gultathione-S-transferase	0.008*	0.078	0.002	14.879	0.004	23.004	0.002	17.544	41.834	19.711
Glutathione reductase	0.001*	0.053	0.000	6.194	0.001	12.311	0.001	10.640	25.311	8.205
Guaiacol peroxidase	0.030*	0.048	0.010	45.491	0.010	46.398	0.000	9.129	96.129	60.265
Ascorbate peroxidase	0.019*	0.067	0.005	28.293	0.008	34.062	0.002	18.966	68.997	37.482
H₂O₂	23,560.600*	132.230	7853.532	770.668	7853.536	770.669	0.003	0.509	99.970	1020.954
Leaf area	1.508*	4.868	0.502	32.107	0.504	32.184	0.002	2.225	99.522	42.535
MDA	88.700*	8.586	29.553	185.525	29.595	185.657	0.042	6.994	99.858	245.777
Lipoxygenase	569.428*	28.745	189.809	2.570	189.811	0.479	0.002	0.834	99.999	340.420
No of roots	4.318*	9.993	1.438	0.379	1.441	0.120	0.002	1.550	99.833	50.262

*Significant at 5% probability level, mean sum of squares (M.S), grand mean (G.M), genotypic variance (GV), genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV %), phenotypic variance (PV), phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV %), environmental variance (EV), environmental coefficient of variance (ECV %), broad sense heritability (h²bs %), genetic advance (GA).

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