TABLE 8.

Prediction of selection differential and heritability for effective traits based on MSTI index

Factors	Traits	Goal	Xo	Xs	SD	SD percent	h 2
1	Sugar content	Increase	18.68	18.61	−0.07	−0.42	0.85
1	Na+	Decrease	2.20	2.09	−0.11	−5.04	0.86
1	K+	Decrease	4.97	4.83	−0.14	−2.84	0.82
1	White sugar content	Increase	15.78	15.80	0.01	0.09	0.87
1	Extraction coefficient of sugar	Increase	83.81	84.41	0.60	0.72	0.84
1	Molasses sugar	Decrease	2.30	2.20	−0.09	−4.24	0.76
2	Root yield	Increase	76.69	81.84	5.15	6.71	0.85
2	Sugar yield	Increase	14.39	15.29	0.90	6.28	0.84
2	White sugar yield	Increase	12.24	13.08	0.83	6.84	0.84
3	alpha‐amino nitrogen	Decrease	1.58	1.51	−0.07	−4.84	0.85

Abbreviations: SD, selection differential; SD perc, selection differential in percentage; SG, selection gain; SG perc, selection gain in percentage; Xo, original value; Xs, selected value.