Table 3.

GCA effects of extra-early yellow maize inbred parents for grain yield and other agronomic traits evaluated across test environments in
2011.
Striga Striga Striga Striga
damage damage emergence emergence
Days to Days to Plant rating at 8 rating at 10 count at 8 count at 10 Stay green
Inbred Grain yield silk anthesis ASI height Ear height WAP WAP WAP WAP Ear aspect EPP characteristic
- kg ha-1 - - days - - days - - days - - cm - - cm - - no. - - no. - - no. -
TZEEI 58 -20.09 0.16 0.16 -0.08 2.28 2.35* -0.19 0.02 0.14 0.23* 0.00 -0.01 -0.12
TZEEI 95 129.65* -0.88** -0.86** -0.18** -2.58* -2.45** -0.03 -0.04 -0.21 -0.24* -0.07 0.02* -0.07
TZEEI 87 292.98** 0.16 0.26 -0.03 4.05** 4.77** 0.00 -0.15 -0.04 -0.03 -0.11 -0.01 -0.21**
TZEEI 79 389.87** -0.32 -0.21 -0.04 4.23** 1.35 -0.48** -0.44** -0.10 -0.07 -0.21** 0.04** -0.29**
TZEEI 64 -155.32* -0.59** -0.54** -0.05 -4.31** -2.93** 0.17 0.13 0.19 0.04 0.06 0.01 -0.01
TZEEI 96 279.55** 1.04** 0.84** 0.24** 6.24** 6.14** -0.28* -0.29* 0.03 0.03 -0.22** -0.01 -0.07
TZEEI 93 -22.86 -0.44* -0.58** 0.05 -0.84 0.92 0.63** 0.38** -0.15 -0.16 0.05 -0.02* 0.02
TZEEI 76 -300.05** -0.05 -0.02 -0.02 -2.03 -3.33** 0.11 0.23 0.09 0.03 0.18* -0.01 0.07
TZEEI 82 -251.98** 0.51** 0.47** 0.08 -0.22 -0.41 -0.19 -0.09 -0.21 -0.20* 0.06 -0.01 0.20**
TZEEI 72 -158.38** -0.88** -0.60** -0.22** -1.71 -2.36* -0.08 0.13 -0.11 -0.10 0.09 0.01 0.11
TZEEI 83 9.58 -0.69** -0.50** -0.23** -1.04 -0.70 -0.33* -0.57** -0.01 -0.05 -0.10 0.01 0.16*
TZEEI 81 305.41** 0.43* 0.44** -0.05 -0.30 0.55 -0.30* -0.36** -0.01 0.10 -0.18* 0.02* 0.10
TZEEI 89 -244.61** -0.10 -0.08 -0.06 -2.44 -1.07 0.45** 0.48** -0.02 0.02 0.17* -0.03* 0.02
TZEEI 68 -268.70** -0.04 -0.04 -0.03 -3.65** -1.65 0.34* 0.31* 0.12 0.11 0.20* -0.01 0.00
TZEEI 88 -49.89 1.22** 0.97** 0.25** -2.19 -1.18 0.11 0.16 0.25 0.19* 0.08 -0.01 0.04
TZEEI 73 11.39 0.30 0.10 0.27** 4.58** 2.19* 0.14 0.13 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.00
TZEEI 67 284.94** -0.07 0.03 -0.09 1.75 1.79 -0.07 -0.13 0.03 -0.05 -0.19** 0.02* -0.03
TZEEI 94 37.74 -0.17 -0.14 0.09 1.11 0.21 -0.01 0.00 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 0.02* -0.14
TZEEI 63 -317.38** 0.20 0.12 0.02 -3.17* -4.14** 0.16 0.36** 0.16 0.16 0.22** -0.02* 0.18
TZEEI 66 48.15 0.19 0.18 0.06 0.24 -0.03 -0.15 -0.25 -0.12 0.01 -0.01 -0.02* 0.02

LSD (0.05) 130.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.3
Relative
importance of
GCA over SCA 0.70 0.76 0.73 0.76 0.80 0.88 0.94 0.75 1.00 0.80 0.75 0.77 0.72