Table 3 Mean performance of the studied agronomic traits for parental lines and testers, and their crosses under both Orobanche-free and infested soils conditions

Lines

     Line1

119.4

114.7

4.25

3.22

47.00

16.90

132.58

56.57

78.95

39.74

214.8

     Line2

114.2

103.4

3.83

2.38

30.33

17.88

96.50

55.88

68.54

38.46

284.8

     Line3

106.0

104.1

3.00

2.94

33.14

22.81

130.27

69.69

77.10

46.35

199.6

     Line4

114.3

111.0

4.43

2.67

34.06

10.34

112.29

28.08

61.43

17.66

334.8

     Line5

109.3

109.1

3.71

1.82

33.29

16.80

90.12

59.68

73.03

50.42

423.6

     Line6

107.5

88.57

3.75

2.72

37.50

7.17

104.88

21.59

70.14

20.85

380.1

     Line7

107.1

88.33

3.52

2.17

24.86

7.67

73.27

20.33

61.63

21.01

244.1

Testers

     Nubaria1

118.3

50.22

6.00

3.11

22.83

2.11

83.83

5.03

83.93

4.51

60.6

     Sakha3

107.9

47.72

5.86

1.54

31.20

5.54

94.54

22.66

85.54

18.73

85.1

     Nubaria5

123.7

62.59

4.10

3.54

30.57

3.54

108.85

11.30

77.47

8.91

111.1

     Marina

130.3

46.22

2.00

1.61

23.00

3.21

46.83

6.93

27.02

3.91

49.6

Crosses

     Line1×Nubaria1

122.5

100.3

6.22

3.08

51.83

10.18

140.67

29.30

99.33

23.89

253.5

     Line1×Sakha3

120.8

119.0

6.04

3.50

54.63

19.64

156.38

66.56

101.45

48.31

81.4

     Line1×Nubaria5

128.7

115.3

6.63

4.00

59.88

17.44

168.00

59.61

105.63

45.97

126.3

     Line1×Marina

135.2

112.7

5.00

3.14

66.33

14.14

173.50

40.67

98.93

26.88

105.0

     Line2×Nubaria1

120.0

96.83

6.57

3.72

51.60

12.33

121.60

34.61

94.16

26.71

320.3

     Line2×Sakha3

123.3

123.3

6.19

5.06

44.72

26.25

141.05

82.04

98.63

61.72

78.70

     Line2×Nubaria5

127.1

110.7

5.91

3.72

38.02

20.20

127.40

59.55

87.31

39.87

140.3

     Line2×Marina

134.3

106.4

4.04

3.08

44.89

18.89

135.64

57.92

80.77

38.46

101.0

     Line3×Nubaria1

120.1

110.3

5.69

4.43

38.90

13.89

136.66

31.32

102.81

38.62

255.0

     Line3×Sakha3

118.6

104.3

5.90

4.03

45.57

17.70

131.38

46.84

104.62

41.04

231.2

     Line3×Nubaria5

130.6

110.1

5.56

4.11

51.94

23.86

140.63

74.40

110.52

54.41

141.7

     Line3×Marina

128.2

75.28

5.11

2.58

48.44

8.46

130.89

25.80

86.72

18.71

169.0

     Line4×Nubaria1

122.4

115.1

6.64

5.53

43.76

12.50

128.95

35.38

92.73

28.57

159.5

     Line4×Sakha3

124.5

117.6

5.51

3.87

49.95

13.50

135.77

42.38

92.56

32.17

167.3

     Line4×Nubaria5

127.4

111.6

5.49

3.04

46.02

10.80

126.68

32.91

77.46

22.54

204.3

     Line4×Marina

124.4

75.3

5.00

2.64

39.83

4.64

139.83

12.92

84.30

7.80

136.3

     Line5×Nubaria1

130.5

105.3

6.71

3.00

37.86

6.30

123.67

19.00

103.32

17.09

310.2

     Line5×Sakha3

125.9

115.0

5.45

3.70

35.86

17.98

132.28

63.08

103.81

50.99

260.1

     Line5×Nubaria5

124.7

86.97

5.46

3.09

42.19

6.11

126.80

15.64

85.66

12.46

497.7

     Line5×Marina

128.7

65.35

6.27

1.98

49.73

7.94

145.06

22.62

108.16

12.80

161.3

     Line6×Nubaria1

122.5

110.8

5.98

3.33

38.73

16.33

111.84

56.50

85.96

52.06

137.7

     Line6×Sakha3

125.1

83.78

6.45

2.72

41.89

7.07

134.21

20.74

103.61

17.57

327.4

     Line6×Nubaria5

126.2

110.0

5.09

3.00

38.49

8.75

129.73

25.25

95.89

23.36

260.3

     Line6×Marina

132.5

70.35

4.83

1.55

41.17

4.61

138.83

10.83

96.82

6.73

151.3

     Line7×Nubaria1

131.1

83.62

6.32

3.06

36.93

3.29

129.27

8.88

129.46

7.90

292.8

     Line7×Sakha3

127.4

100.3

5.97

3.29

38.76

8.31

126.86

27.89

107.28

26.41

169.4

     Line7×Nubaria5

126.9

100.3

5.33

3.90

31.83

15.14

115.75

51.17

101.75

54.40

116.7

     Line7×Marina

129.1

85.38

4.25

3.05

47.50

3.70

148.35

9.20

100.69

6.00

207.0

     Mean

123.0

96.08

5.23

3.15

41.16

11.89

124.91

36.43

89.87

28.56

203.9

     LSD_0.05

1.60

2.02

0.63

0.67

4.64

2.99

5.35

5.13

6.21

4.37

10.30