Table 7 General combining ability effects of inbred lines and testers for various traits in HTS3.

From: Diverse and stable male sterile tropical Asian maize inbred lines provide strategic opportunities for hybrid development

Line No.

Managed Drought (E7, E11)

Heat Stress (E9)

Optimal (E8)

Irrigated (E10, E12, E13, E14)

Across

GY (t ha− 1)

GY (t ha− 1)

GY (t ha− 1)

GY (t ha− 1)

GY (t ha− 1)

SD (days)

FR (%)

PL1-CMSL1

0.04

−0.59

0.48

−0.04

−0.01

0.34

−3.63

PL1-CMSL2

−0.73

−0.27

0.08

−0.41*

−0.39*

0.25

−8.22

PL1-CMSL3

−0.14

−0.10

0.51

−0.18

−0.03

0.08

−5.75

PL1-CMSL4

0.53

0.13

0.10

−0.22

0.06

0.57

−6.69

PL1-CMSL5

−0.68

−0.90

0.31

−0.10

−0.32

0.80

−9.04

PL1-CMSL6

0.02

0.25

−0.64

0.07

−0.06

−0.20

−9.45

PL1-CMSL7

0.31

0.58

0.02

0.43*

0.38*

−0.61

−6.22

PL1-CMSL8

0.22

0.73

−0.71

0.13

0.11

−0.28

4.03

PL1

0.46

−0.36

−0.16

0.16

0.11

−1.18*

44.96*

T1

−0.89

−0.23

−0.41

−0.80

−0.69

−0.18

39.78

T2

0.89

0.11

0.40

0.77

0.65

0.13

−39.78

Number of environments

2

1

1

4

8

6

7

  1. *, ** significant at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels.
  2. GY - Grain yield, AD – Anthesis Date, SD – Silking Date, FR – Fertility Restoration Percentage.