Table 1.

Summary of the results obtained from the simulation study of a breeding program under two scenarios, categorical multi-trait (CM) and continuous–categorical multi-trait mixture (CCMM), and two heritability conditions.

CM: Categorical Multi-Trait					${\mathit{h}}^2=0.3$		${\mathit{h}}^2=0.6$
Trait	Type	Category	Notation	Goal	Achieved	Average % Change	Achieved	Average % Change
1	Categorical	1	T1C1	Decrease	Yes	−5.36	Yes	−2.95
1	Categorical	2	T1C2	Increase/decrease	Yes	6.65	No	4.39
1	Categorical	3	T1C3	Increase	Yes	2.47	Yes	−4.72
2	Categorical	1	T2C1	Decrease	Yes	−21.93	Yes	−42.62
2	Categorical	2	T2C2	Increase/decrease	Yes	8.72	Yes	9.09
2	Categorical	3	T2C3	Increase	Yes	31.06	Yes	84.84
3	Categorical	1	T3C1	Decrease	Yes	−71.97	Yes	−95.29
3	Categorical	2	T3C2	Increase/decrease	Yes	−38.96	Yes	−71.58
3	Categorical	3	T3C3	Increase	Yes	47.47	Yes	74.45
CCMM: Continuous–Categorical Multi-trait Mixture					$h^2=0.3$		$h^2=0.6$
Trait	Type	Category	Notation	Goal	Achieved	Average % change	Achieved	Average % change
1	Continuous	-	T1	Increase	Yes	23.96	Yes	50.77
2	Continuous	-	T2	Increase	Yes	185.26	Yes	572.10
3	Categorical	1	T3C1	Decrease	Yes	−56.32	Yes	−85.88
3	Categorical	2	T3C2	Increase/Decrease	Yes	−5.19	Yes	−39.03
3	Categorical	3	T3C3	Increase	Yes	100.61	Yes	246.36