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. 2011 Aug 31;108(3):332–340. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2011.78

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
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.