Table 1. Mean, minimum and maximum testcross performance of 441 sugar beet genotypes from 12 populations; variances of the testcrosses for genotypes (σ2G), genotype × location (σ2G × L), residuals (σ2e) and heritabilities (h2) for the six traits.
Parameter | BY | SY | SC | K | Na | n |
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Mean | 76.99 | 14.11 | 18.35 | 43.46 | 34.05 | 95.75 |
Min | 63.13 | 10.97 | 17.26 | 38.95 | 25.16 | 72.86 |
Max | 84.49 | 15.22 | 19.14 | 50.04 | 60.21 | 168.77 |
σ2G | 5.57** | 0.12** | 0.07** | 1.80** | 11.45** | 72.30** |
σ2GxL | 7.32** | 0.23** | 0.07** | 1.44** | 14.89** | 70.08** |
σ2e | 11.03 | 0.41 | 0.14 | 2.42 | 25.68 | 105.34 |
h2 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 0.83 |
Abbreviations: BY, beet yield; K, potassium content; N, α-amino-nitrogen content; Na, sodium content; SC, sugar content; SY, sugar yield.
**Indicates significance at P<0.01.