Table 6.
Means of HM of parents and families from 4x–2x crosses evaluated in Hancock, WI
| 4x Parents | Mean | FDR-CO
|
FDR-NCO
|
Half-sibling means | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-3 | H-4 | H-5 | H-5 | SY-7 | SY-8 | SY-11 | M-6 | |||
| 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | |||
| Experiment 1 | ||||||||||
| Spunta | 3.00z | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Elvira | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.44 |
| Aracy | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.44 |
| Experiment 2 | ||||||||||
| Chiquita | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | — | 3.50 | — | 4.00 | 4.33 |
| Atlantic | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 4.50 | — | 3.00 | — | 3.50 | 3.58 |
| Claustar | 2.50 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | — | 3.00 | — | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Mean | 3.17 | 3.58 | 4.42 | 4.08 | 4.67 | 4.50 | 3.17 | 4.67 | 4.00 | 4.05 |
LSD0.05 for comparing two family means = 0.95.
HM based on a scale from 1 (senesced) to 5 (still flowering).