Table 4.

Specific combining ability (SCA) effects of grain yield (kg ha−1) of 190 extra-early yellow maize hybrids formed from the 20 parental
lines evaluated across research environments in Nigeria, 2011.
TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI TZEEI
58 95 87 79 64 96 93 76 82 72 83 81 89 68 88 73 67 94 63 66
TZEEI 58 53 417 117 -302 447 -382 -165 64 -14 570* 117 69 -460 -712* -285 243 301 -137 59

TZEEI 95 -993** -207 109 -347 -49 41 -270 203 -451 17 296 673* 238 -281 375 73 302 219

TZEEI 87 -837** 447 - 66 741** 469 368 277 -222 148 290 84 447 -76 -166 15 -351
1123**
TZEEI 79 182 -847** -327 209 511* 249 48 179 -66 200 393 274 174 86 -383 46

TZEEI 64 233 111 -194 -237 48 -393 -146 102 39 581* -237 332 -200 -129 -347

TZEEI 96 -375 346 642* 412 -400 98 236 452 -131 283 -225 -360 125 535*

TZEEI 93 -9 -51 -72 188 38 371 -246 -136 109 245 53 -240 -160

TZEEI 76 191 -553* -57 -111 31 -110 270 -113 -172 210 499 -636*

TZEEI 82 81 109 72 -543* -529* -431 -85 -141 -410 552* 378

TZEEI 72 472 398 -42 -391 138 -504 -500 186 -292 253

TZEEI 83 -830** -628* 127 -252 304 639* 629* -546* -373

TZEEI 81 -322 177 151 224 271 73 70 133

TZEEI 89 -141 -25 16 62 -160 85 -36

TZEEI 68 -128 61 -250 132 -17 321

TZEEI 88 -16 -543* 33 359 -155

TZEEI 73 -506 -27 -469 1014**

TZEEI 67 211 134 -36

TZEEI 94 223 -802**

TZEEI 63 -64

TZEEI 66
TZEEI 87 417 -993 -837 447 -1123 66 741 469 368 277 -222 148 290 84 447 -76 -166 15 -351
TZEEI 76 -165 41 209 -194 346 -9 191 -553 -57 -111 31 -110 270 -113 -172 210 499 -636
Absolute value of 582.0 1034.7 1045.5 640.8 1468.9 74.9 741.0 278.1 921.3 333.5 111.0 116.6 399.8 186.2 560.0 95.5 375.8 483.9 284.9
the difference
between TZEEI 87
and TZEEI 76
LSD (0.05) 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573 573
LSD = 573
* Significant at p < 0.05.
** Significant at p < 0.01.
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