Table 5 Analysis of variance (mean sum of squares) for combining ability in 46 (36 crosses 9 parents and one check) Solanum melongena Lgenotypes.

From: Exploring heterosis, dominance effect, and genetic control in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) landraces

Sl. No.

Characters

gca (8)

sca (36)

ERROR (44)

1

Plant height at peak fruiting stage

289.344**

90.370**

17.760

2

Plant height at final harvest stage

374.133**

99.180**

25.177

3

Plant spread

609.051**

107.278**

8.377

4

Primary branches plant–1

1.805**

0.552**

0.071

5

Days to 1st flowering

44.699**

23.147**

4.586

6

Days to 50% flowering

44.010**

38.362**

2.972

7

Flowers cluster–1

2.346**

0.413**

0.113

8

Fruit length

28.650**

2.657**

0.478

9

Fruit breadth

35.689**

8.126**

1.425

10

Average fruit weight

5757.781**

2152.518**

121.457

11

Fruits plant–1

35.461**

8.654**

0.409

12

Bacterial wilt % 90 DAT

108.633*

50.697

44.855

13

Total fruit yield plant–1

394034.490**

228308.700**

4501.838

  1. *, ** indicate the significance at 5% and 1% level, respectively.
  2. Figure in parentheses indicate degrees of freedom for corresponding sources of variation.
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