Table 1.
Phenotypic variation of the grain size in the F2 and F2:3 generations from the cross ZS97/Egy316
Traits | F2 | F2:3 | ||
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Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | |
Grain length (mm) | 8.66 ± 0.5 | 7.3–10.1 | 8.3 ± 0.7 | 6.8–9.8 |
Grain width (mm) | 3.11 ± 0.2 | 2.5–3.6 | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 2.2–3.5 |
Thousand-grain weight (g) | 25.5 ± 4.6 | 12.6–37.1 | 25.8 ± 3.8 | 13.0–32.5 |
SD standard deviation