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Table. 4.

Table. 4.

Estimates of GCA for PVA-QPM lines and their hybrids and MSV-resistant testcrosses for grain yield, MSV disease scoring, carotenoids, and tryptophan contents assessed in two years of cropping seasons.

Genotypes Tryptophan (%) Grain yield
(t ha‒1)
MSV (no.) PVA ZEA LUT aC bC bCX
TZEIORQ 13 80.35** 1.97** 0.26 89.96** 87.22** 111.10** 92.33** 53.91* 97.55**
TZEIORQ 24 91.97** 0.74** 0.34 91.74** 98.76** 91.88** 88.54** 92.93** 81.99**
TZEIORQ 29 100.44** 1.87** 0.23 84.87** 82.11** 87.74** 76.97** 47.25* 92.77**
TZEIORQ 59 98.98** 1.92** 0.14 98.31** 89.32** 76.81** 99.25** 89.88** 79.12**
TZEQI 82 86.87** 0.86** 0.35 87.88** 78.87** 92.93** 71.11** 45.74* 88.94**
AK-9528-DMRSR POP 28 SR 0.07 1.09** ‒1.99** 1.29 2.11 2.03 2.04 1.06 2.07
ACR. 91 SUWAN-1-SR C1 1.01 0.82** ‒0.71** 1.54 1.65 1.99 3.11 2.09 1.87
IK.91 TZL COMP 3-Y C1 0.08 1.88** ‒0.88** 1.19 1.09 1.86 0.04 1.05 2.07
IKENNE 88 TZSR-Y-1 TZSR-Y-1 1.05 0.91** ‒1.76** 1.09 1.42 2.54 1.73 1.11 3.05
TZB-SR SGY TZB-SR 0.09 1.93** ‒0.93** 0.11 0.77 1.39 0.67 0.68 2.01

** and * significant at 0.01 and 0.05 probability levels, respectively.

MSV: maize streak virus, PVA: total provitamin A, bCX: b-cryptoxanthin, ZEA: zeaxanthin, LUT: lutein, bC: b-carotene, aC: a-caro.

Plant Breed. Biotech. 2023;11:155-67 https://doi.org/10.9787/PBB.2023.11.3.155
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