Combining ability studies in desi cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.) genotypes

Table 5 Specific combining ability (SCA) effects of the crosses

Crosses	Traits	SCA	SH
AC 3265 × PBS 1127-SP1	SPY	45.68 **	307.27 **
AC 3265 × PBS 1127-SP1	DFF	–2.45 **	–15.50 **
AC 3265 × AKA 13-SP1	BW	0.35 **	60.53 **
AC 3265 × AKA 13-SP1	DFF	–1.15 *	–11.63 **
AC 3265 × H 173	BW	0.69 **	81.58 **
AKA 496 × H 509	BW	0.34 **	68.42 **
AKA 496 × H 509	SPY	13.08 *	192.73 *
AKA 496 × AC 3097	BW	0.25 *	60.53 **
AKA 496 × AC 3097	SPY	20.85 **	225.82 *
PBS 1127-SP1 × N11-54–31-32	BW	0.49 **	68.42 **
PBS 1127-SP1 × N11-54–31-32	SPY	17.40 **	233.64 *
AC 3216 × AKA 13-SP1	SPY	50.96 **	328.36 **
AC 3216 × AKA 13-SP1	DFF	–3.61 **	–13.18 **
AC 3216 × 3930A	BW	0.86 **	89.47 **
AC 3216 × 3930A	DFF	–0.11	–10.08 **
H 503 × N11-54–31-32	BW	0.37 **	63.16 **
H 503 × N11-54–31-32	SPY	30.29 **	279.27 **
H 509 × AC 3097	BN	17.92 **	148.78 **
H 509 × AKA 13-SP1	BW	0.27 *	55.26 *
H 509 × AKA 13-SP1	SPY	25.45 **	250.55 **
H 509 × AKA 13-SP1	DFF	–1.55 **	–11.63 **
H 173 × PBN 563	DFF	–4.51 **	–11.63 **
H 173 × 3930 A	DFF	–2.31 **	–10.08 **

^*significant at 5%, **significant at 1%, BW boll weight, BN boll number, SPY single plant yield, DFF days to first flowering, SH standard heterosis

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