Mean of square

 

Source of variation

Degree of freedom

Early yield

Marketable yield

Non-marketable yield

Total yield

SWI

Marketable yield percentage

GCA

5

0.13**

1.15**

0.026**

1.580**

1.37**

826.31**

SCA

15

0.036**

1.37**

0.007**

1.334**

1.57**

340.24**

M΄e

40

0.004

0.02

0.001

0.021

0.03

35.95

MSGCA/MSSCA

-

3.61*

0.84ns

3.71*

1.18ns

0.87ns

2.43ns

Baker ratio

-

0.878

0.63

0.881

0.703

0.64

0.33

h2n

-

0.35

b

0.31

0.04

b

0.23
ns, *, **: non significant and significant at P≤0.05 and P≤0.01 respectively b: not estimated because MS GCA ‹ MS SCA
Table 3: Mean squares from diallel analysis for various characters in cucumber (Griffing’s model I Method 2).