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. 2010 Aug 25;106(4):661–677. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.103

Table 2. Quantitative genetic partitioning of variation in floral, vegetative and reproductive timing traits in B. rapa RILs in three treatments, including variance components of each effect, standard error (in parentheses) and significance of effects.

Trait Style length Ovary length Short anther length Short filament length Long anther length Long filament length
Random effects (Z)
 Chamber (treatment) 0.002 (0.001)‡ 0.009 (0.004)‡ 0.003 (0.001)§ 0.017 (0.007)§ 0.002 (0.001)‡ 0.029 (0.011)§
 Genotype 0.053 (0.008)** 0.173 (0.024)** 0.067 (0.009)** 0.186 (0.027)** 0.071 (0.009)** 0.203 (0.028)**
 Genotype × treatment 0.021 (0.003)** 0.046 (0.007)** 0.015 (0.002)** 0.071 (0.010)** 0.010 (0.002)** 0.048 (0.007)**
 Residual 0.065 (0.002)** 0.190 (0.007)** 0.047 (0.002)** 0.223 (0.008)** 0.039 (0.001)** 0.186 (0.006)**
                         
Fixed effects (F) df F df F df F df F df F df F
 Treatment F2, 23.7 14.87** F2, 20.4 97.29** F2, 21.3 1.17 F2, 20.1 70.59** F2, 19.7 2.56 F2, 17 14.27*
                         
Significant genotype × treat contrasts WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS
                         
Trait
 Petal blade length
 Petal claw length
 Petal width
 Petal area
 Flowers aborted
 Leaf area
                         
Random effects (Z)
 Chamber (treatment) 0.038 (0.015)§ 0.019 (0.007)§ 0.046 (0.018)§ 2.180 (0.878)** 0.250 (0.117)‡ 2.995 (1.135)§
 Genotype 0.266 (0.038)** 0.087 (0.012)** 0.345 (0.047)** 21.528 (3.083)** 1.409 (0.245)** 10.259 (1.999)**
 Genotype × treatment 0.093 (0.012)** 0.017 (0.003)** 0.099 (0.013)** 8.287 (1.102)** 0.11 (0.145) 15.345 (1.517)**
 Residual 0.254 (0.009)** 0.090 (0.003)** 0.255 (0.009)** 23.018 (0.786)** 7.299 (0.248)** 14.444 (0.480)**
                         
Fixed effects (F) df F df F df F df F df F df F
 Treatment F2, 17..8 84.34** F2, 16.1 0.71 F2, 17.5 117.8** F2, 19.3 11.43** F2, 14.5 0.87 F2, 21.7 53.95*
                         
Significant genotype × treat contrasts CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS WL/CL WL/CS WL/CL WL/CS WL/CL WL/CS WL/CL CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS
                         
Trait
 Stem length
 Days to flowering
 Collection interval
 Herkogamy
 Stamen exsertion
 Pistil exsertion
                         
Random effects (Z)            
 Chamber (treatment) 4.632 (1.759)§ 20.835 (7.790)§ 1.599 (0.634)§ 0.030 (0.012)§ 0.01 (0.004)§ 0.03 (0.012)§
 Genotype 34.074 (4.371)** 33.542 (4.950)** 5.3686 (0.821)** 0.112 (0.018)** 0.051 (0.008)** 0.1477 (0.022)**
 Genotype × treatment 6.361 (0.868)** 10.726 (2.059)** 0.7516 (0.388)‡ 0.065 (0.01)** 0.02 (0.003)** 0.0638 (0.01)**
 Residual 20.414 (0.68)** 62.137 (2.097)** 15.8354 (0.545)** 0.222 (0.008)** 0.09 (0.003)** 0.256 (0.009)**
                         
Fixed effects (F) df F df F df F df F df   F F
 Treatment F2, 16.6 6.55§ F2, 15.7 84.96** F2, 15.5 23.40** F2, 17.6 21.67** F2, 17.2 51.04** F2, 17.6 52.59**
                         
Significant genotype × treat contrasts WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS CL/CS WL/CL WL/CS
                         

Abbreviations: CL, cool temperature long photoperiod; CS cool temperature short photoperiod; RIL, recombinant inbred line; WL, warm temperature long photoperiod.

‡P<0.05, §P<0.01, *P<0.001, **P<0.0001.