Table 9. Multi-site evaluation of FeGC in derived lines.
Site-Year | High B73 | Low B73 | High Mo17 | Low Mo17 | F-score |
IA-2008 | 25.06 a | 17.48 c | 23.14 b | 23.25 b | 32.29 |
IL-2007 | 23.54 b | 27.21 a | 25.18 ab | 23.63 b | 4.23 |
MO-2008 | 24.03 ab | 24.33 ab | 25.87 a | 20.82 b | 1.80 (ns) |
MX-2008 | 20.51 a | 21.42 a | n.d. | n.d. | 3.61 (ns) |
NC-2008 | 24.55 a | 24.10 a | 22.69 a | 23.78 a | 0.25 (ns) |
NY-2007 | 19.90 a | 20.65 a | 21.16 a | 26.91 a | 1.77 (ns) |
NY-2008 | 23.22 a | 18.00 b | 23.84 a | 22.87 a | 9.37 |
PA-2008 | 20.52 b | 19.93 b | 24.41 a | 21.32 b | 16.32 |
FeGC was evaluated among accessions grown in 2007 and 2008. Comparisons were made within sites using ANOVA, where trait data reported are entry averages for grain iron concentration in µg g−1 DW. Locations where significant differences were not observed appear in italic type.