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Table 3 Performance per se of parental lines and their general combining ability (GCA) effects

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

ID^a	Performance *per se*^b				GCA effects
	Fe (mg kg^-1)	Zn (mg kg^-1)	GW (g)	GY (t ha^-1)	Fe (mg kg^-1)	Zn (mg kg^-1)	GW (g)	GY (t ha^-1)
Female parents
1	52.6	40.0	11.0	2.9	4.1^**	2.5^**	0.6^**	-0.03^NS
2	30.3	27.4	7.4	2.2	-9.5^**	-4.2^**	-1.5^**	0.12^*
3	39.1	33.2	12.8	2.3	-4.8^**	-2.9^**	0.4^**	0.04^NS
4	58.6	40.9	11.4	3.1	4.8^**	3.6^**	0.5^**	0.33^**
5	39.1	30.6	12.9	3.6	-5.1^**	-4.0^**	0.1^NS	0.01^NS
6	77.2	45.3	10.2	2.6	7.3^**	2.4^**	-0.3^**	-0.08^NS
7	43.9	37.1	10.3	3.2	0.8^NS	0.1^NS	-0.7^**	0.05^NS
8	55.3	45.0	9.2	1.6	1.8^**	1.6^**	0.7^**	-0.23^**
9	63.2	44.0	11.2	2.0	7.6^**	3.7^**	1.0^**	0.01^NS
10	51.1	40.0	10.9	2.3	-1.8^**	0.5^NS	0.9^**	0.11^**
11	43.7	32.7	8.5	2.4	-3.4^**	-3.7^**	-0.6^**	-0.05^NS
12	32.1	27.6	11.0	2.8	-6.6^**	-2.6^**	-0.4^**	0.29^**
13	59.8	40.7	10.8	2.2	6.4^**	2.5^**	0.5^**	-0.37^**
14	48.5	38.2	9.6	2.3	-1.6^**	0.6^NS	-1.0^**	-0.26^**
Male parents
15	43.2	41.7	9.4	2.6	-1.4^**	2.1^**	0.7^**	0.22^**
16	82.1	55.5	8.8	1.8	6.4^**	3.1^**	-0.3^**	-0.20^**
17	63.9	49.5	11.5	2.2	9.5^**	6.2^**	0.9^**	-0.44^**
18	52.1	41.5	11.2	3.0	3.9^**	0.5^NS	0.7^**	-0.01^NS
19	57.1	46.0	8.5	2.4	5.6^**	3.8^**	0.1^NS	0.04^NS
20	41.6	33.3	11.0	2.4	-2.5^**	-2.9^**	0.6^**	0.24^**
21	40.0	35.6	10.0	2.6	-2.2^**	-1.2^**	0.2^**	0.10^*
22	46.1	37.8	7.6	2.3	1.7^**	1.8^**	0.3^**	-0.07^NS
23	43.1	31.5	6.9	2.0	-9.2^**	-7.8^**	-1.6^**	0.47^**
24	56.3	44.8	7.0	1.8	1.8^**	0.2^NS	-0.8^**	0.05^NS
25	57.8	49.6	8.3	2.7	1.1^*	2.8^**	-0.2^**	-0.11^NS
26	44.4	44.4	7.5	1.7	-0.5^NS	1.8^**	-0.1^NS	0.14^**
27	32.0	29.0	8.0	1.4	-7.5^**	-5.0^**	0.4^**	-0.30^**
28	39.0	29.4	7.2	2.1	-6.6^**	-5.1^**	-0.9^**	-0.14^*
SE ± ^c	2.06	1.49	0.26	0.15	0.59	0.42	0.07	0.05
LSD^d	5.79	4.19	0.73	0.43

^aRefers to Table 1; ^bMean of two environments (2011 rainy season and 2012 summer season) for grain iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) density, 1000-grain weight (GW) and grain yield (GY); ^cSE Standard error; ^dLSD Least significant difference; ^{*, **}Significant at the 0.05 and 0.01 probability level, respectively; ^NSNon-significant.

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