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Table 2 Mean square for grain iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) density, 1000-grain weight (GW) and grain yield (GY) of parental lines

From: Grain iron and zinc density in pearl millet: combining ability, heterosis and association with grain yield and grain size

Source of variation	df	Mean square
		Fe (mg kg^-1)	Zn (mg kg^-1)	GW(g)	GY (t ha^-1)
Environment (E)	1	4017.4^**	6002.5^**	16.45^*	28.07^**
Replication /E	4	243.5^**	11.2	0.17	0.58^**
Parents (P)	27	958.1^**	324.7^**	18.36^**	1.56
Female (F)	13	988.1^**	222.3^**	13.78^*	1.74
Male (M)	13	1001.0^**	410.1^**	14.98^**	1.14^**
F vs M	1	11.7^**	545.9^**	121.68^**	4.48^*
P × E	27	137.4^**	56.8^**	3.20^**	1.03^**
F × E	13	148.7^**	29.9^*	4.20^**	1.89^**
M × E	13	136.1^**	74.5^**	1.33^**	0.21
F vs M × E	1	7.5^**	177.2^**	14.44^**	0.37
Error	108	25.6	13.4	0.41	0.14

^*,**Significant at the P < 0.05 and 0.01 probability level, respectively.

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