Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and broad-sense heritability for RPR in two RIL populations
| Population | POP-HRC | POP-BYB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parents |
|
|
|
|
| Means ± SD (N/mm2) |
H127R |
37.64 ± 6.18 |
By804 |
21.67 ± 2.63 |
| Chang7-2 |
23.25 ± 2.21 |
B73 |
21.09 ± 2.82 |
|
| RILs |
|
|
|
|
| Population mean ± SD (N/mm2) |
27.19 ± 2.12 |
22.95 ± 1.03 |
||
| Range (N/mm2) |
22.59–33.65 |
20.75–26.13 |
||
| F value Environment |
397.20** |
116.43** |
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| Genotype |
9.51** |
3.94** |
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| Environment × Genotype |
1.76** |
|
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| Replication (environment) |
3.75 |
|
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| Heritability (H2) a (%) |
81.5 |
74.6 |
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| Confidence intervalb | 77.5–84.8 | 69.2–78.8 | ||
**Significant at P < 0.01.
aBroad-sense heritability (H2) of RPR.
b90% confidence intervals of broad-sense heritability.