Table 3.

Meandays to 50% germination (± SE) of the selected BC₁ S₁ progeny and the selection response (percentage gain relative to the nonselected BC₁ S₁ population) in the control (nonstress) and cold-, salt- and drought-stress treatments. The mean germination for the nonselected BC₁ S₁ progeny in different treatments are also shown (data partially taken from Foolad et al. 2003).

Treatment during Progeny Evaluation
Treatment	Control		Cold Stress		Salt stress		Drought stress
during	Mean	Response1	Mean	Response	Mean	Response	Mean	Response
selection	(Days)	(%)	(Days)	(%)	(Days)	(%)	(Days)	(%)
Cold stress	$1.8\pm 0.2$	9.5*	$6.7\pm 1.9$	15.5**	$5.8\pm 1.0$	16.2**	$5.3\pm 1.0$	18.3**
Salt stress	$1.8\pm 0.2$	8.6*	$6.4\pm 1.0$	19.6**	$5.4\pm 0.7$	22.2**	$5.2\pm 0.8$	18.5**
Drought stress	$1.8\pm 0.2$	8.0*	$6.9\pm 1.7$	13.5**	$5.0\pm 0.8$	28.1**	$5.2\pm 1.3$	19.6**
Nonstress (control)	$1.8\pm 0.2$	8.7*	$6.2\pm 1.7$	20.9**	$4.6\pm 0.9$	33.5**	$5.3\pm 1.1$	17.8**
Nonsel. BC1 S1	$2.0\pm 0.1$		$7.9\pm 0.9$		$6.9\pm 1.0$		$6.4\pm 0.8$

*,** Significant at the 5 and 1% probability levels, respectively.

¹Response to selection was measured as the percentage difference in germination mean between the selected and nonselected BC₁ S₁ progenies.