TABLE 2.

Mean phenotypic values of parents and RILs for each environment

	Grain yield (q ha−1)				Heading date (days)c:	Plant height (cm):
Parentsa		RILsb		RILsb
Environment	Svevo	Kofa	Mean	Range	Mean	Mean
Lbn-i05	58.6	71.1	58.8	53.6–62.8	105.3	78.8
Syr-i04	58.9	58.0	57.4	54.1–59.9	108.7	81.3
Itl-r04	66.4	61.8	57.3	42.2–66.9	107.6	82.6
Syr-i05	58.9	57.4	56.8	44.7–65.9	109.6	89.4
Itl-r05	57.9	57.9	54.0	44.8–60.7	143.2	83.1
Syr-r05	46.5	42.7	43.1	39.3–45.2	133.8	82.2
Syr-r04	44.8	44.4	41.7	37.0–45.8	112.9	77.9
Spn1-r04	42.0	44.5	34.8	24.7–45.1	135.4	84.9
Mrc-i05	36.0	31.2	30.9	29.1–32.3	106.4	84.4
Tns-i04	38.0	31.1	29.6	26.4–33.2	101.6	88.9
Lbn-r05	29.6	31.4	28.1	26.1–30.5	105.7	67.4
Lbn-i04	31.0	32.6	26.5	7.7–46.0	93.4	56.7
Tns-r04	24.1	15.5	17.6	10.9–26.9	126.4	86.5
Lbn-r04	17.5	21.2	16.7	4.2–30.3	94.6	53.4
Spn2-r05	17.0	16.4	15.3	14.1–16.9	140.2	53.6
Mrc-r05	7.0	6.4	5.6	1.1–16.0	100.8	64.0
Mean	39.6	39.0	35.9	30.9–38.7	115.3	75.9

Mean values of parents and RILs for grain yield, heading date, and plant height in the 16 field trials carried out in 2004 and 2005 are shown. Environments are listed according to the decreasing mean grain yield values of the RILs. Environments are indicated by acronyms where the first three letters indicate the locations, followed by the water regime indicated with either i (irrigated) or r (rainfed) and the year 04 (2003/2004) or 05 (2004/2005). Location: Itl, Cerignola, Italy; Lbn, Tel Amara, Lebanon; Mrc, Sidi El Aidi, Morocco; Spn1, Granada, Spain; Spn2, Lleida, Spain; Syr, Tel Hadya, Syria; Tns-i04, Koudiat, Tunisia; Tns-r04, Kef, Tunisia.

^aMean values of 20 replicated plots per experiment, as in the augmented design experimental scheme adopted in this study.

^bMean and range of the best linear unbiased predictor data (field experiments with unreplicated plots).

^cDays from emergence.