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. 2014 Oct 21;66(1):225–244. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru413

Table 3.

Broad-sense heritability of different traits under different experiments for Aus276/3*MTU1010 and Aus276/3*IR64 mapping populations for seedling-stage and agronomic traitsa

Population Traitsb Broad-sense heritability
2012WUSc 2013DUS 2012DUR 2013DUR 2012DUN 2012DLR 2012DLN
Aus276/3*MTU1010 DTF 0.26 0.40 0.17 0.38 0.50 0.42 0.71
PHT 0.34 0.28 0.22 0.53 0.45 0.73 0.81
GY 0.36 0.44 0.42 0.34 0.50 0.38 0.64
Biomass 0.41 0.28 0.51
HI 0.32 0.33 0.42
NR 0.45 0.53
EVV 0.39 0.26 0.22
RHL 0.21 0.22
RHD 0.18 0.23
Seedling emergence 0.08
Aus276/3*IR64 DTF 0.42 0.35 0.26 0.43 0.49 0.56 0.85
PHT 0.22 0.43 0.29 0.50 0.48 0.78 0.79
GY 0.36 0.44 0.33 0.46 0.57 0.26 0.67
Biomass 0.65 0.40 0.43
HI 0.41 0.35 0.50
NR 0.53 0.40
EVV 0.44 0.30 0.26
RHL 0.15 0.10
RHD 0.09 0.14
LRR 0.08
Seedling emergence 0.12
K concentration 0.53
N concentration 0.74
P concentration 0.23
K uptake 0.32
N uptake 0.33
P uptake 0.28

a Nutrient analysis conducted on plants sampled at 95 DAS.

b GY, grain yield; NR, nodal root number; EVV, early vegetative vigour; RHL, root hair length; RHD, root hair density; LRR, lateral root rating; HI, harvesting index; SW, seed weight; PHT, plant height; DTF, days to flowering; biomass, biomass at harvesting stage.

c Environment codes: U, upland; L, lowland; D, dry season; W, wet season; N, non-stress (well-watered); R, reproductive-stage drought stress; S, seedling-stage drought stress.