Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the morphological traits of the parents (4 replicates per parent) and the K5 population; BT days to bending (days from May 11), H plant height (cm) and V plant vigour (ranked 1–5), SL stem length (cm), SW stem width (mm), PS prickles on the stem, PP prickles on the petioles, NP number of petals, SW stem width (mm), CHL chlorophyll content, and SS number of side shoots
| Environment | Trait | Parental | F1 progeny | All Environments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P540 | P867 | K5 population | |||||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Range | H 2 | H 2 | ||
| WAG-S | BT | 1.50 ± 0.58 | 2.00 ± 0.00 | 2.07 ± 0.86 | 0.86-2.07 | 0.80 | |
| WAG-S | H | 27.75 ± 5.12 | 29.25 ± 2.50 | 27.04 ± 8.73 | 8.73-27.04 | 0.82 | |
| WAG-S | V | 3.00 ± 0.00 | 3.00 ± 0.00 | 2.98 ± 0.76 | 0.76-2.98 | 0.73 | |
| AGR | CHL | 61.90 ± 5.50 | 59.52 ± 3.78 | 58.46 ± 4.67 | 40.20-75.10 | 0.75 | 0.64 |
| WAG-W | CHL | 52.55 ± 4.63 | 48.31 ± 3.20 | 51.52 ± 5.01 | 33.10-68.50 | 0.68 | |
| WIN | CHL | 52.58 ± 2.50 | 53.81 ± 1.09 | 53.22 ± 3.36 | 41.10-62.55 | 0.72 | |
| AGR | NP | 34.00 ± 5.66 | 36.75 ± 2.61 | 33.97 ± 15.09 | 11-101 | 0.97 | 0.96 |
| WAG-S | NP | 30.00 ± 7.07 | 29.75 ± 3.59 | 31.67 ± 13.97 | 11-80 | 0.88 | |
| WAG-W | NP | 39.00 ± 5.66 | 41.38 ± 4.39 | 35.93 ± 15.77 | 13-113 | 0.90 | |
| WIN | NP | 36.97 ± 1.36 | 34.36 ± 1.01 | 34.52 ± 14.62 | 13-98 | 0.99 | |
| AGR | PP | 1.78 ± 0.51 | 0.38 ± 0.48 | 0.72 ± 0.52 | 0.00-3.00 | 0.93 | 0.89 |
| WAG-S | PP | 2.08 ± 0.42 | 0.50 ± 0.58 | 0.94 ± 0.59 | 0.00-3.33 | 0.89 | |
| WAG-W | PP | 1.83 ± 0.73 | 0.46 ± 0.37 | 0.74 ± 0.44 | 0.00-2.33 | 0.86 | |
| WIN | PP | 2.05 ± 0.27 | 1.00 ± 1.15 | 0.62 ± 0.43 | 0.00-2.15 | 0.87 | |
| AGR | PS | 10.67 ± 2.08 | 0.44 ± 0.62 | 7.76 ± 3.65 | 0.00-21.00 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| WAG-S | PS | 8.00 ± 2.16 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 7.17 ± 3.85 | 0.00-30.00 | 0.90 | |
| WAG-W | PS | 6.00 ± 1.80 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 6.48 ± 3.45 | 0.00-19.5 | 0.89 | |
| WIN | PS | 13.06 ± 1.33 | 0.29 ± 0.46 | 7.62 ± 3.39 | 0.00-20.00 | 0.92 | |
| AGR | SL | 66.83 ± 4.65 | 75.62 ± 7.23 | 65.21 ± 9.41 | 42.00-101.00 | 0.84 | 0.84 |
| WAG-S | SL | 76.59 ± 9.22 | 82.50 ± 6.60 | 73.74 ± 11.49 | 39.00-111.00 | 0.86 | |
| WAG-W | SL | 90.08 ± 9.71 | 105.12 ± 7.69 | 94.42 ± 16.17 | 49-142.5 | 0.88 | |
| WIN | SL | 74.38 ± 4.46 | 73.78 ± 4.18 | 66.98 ± 8.80 | 39.50-101.00 | 0.91 | |
| AGR | SS | 1.00 ± 1.73 | 3.25 ± 1.79 | 2.07 ± 1.14 | 0.00-6.00 | 0.66 | 0.40 |
| WAG-W | SS | 1.42 ± 1.18 | 4.50 ± 0.71 | 3.31 ± 1.74 | 0.00-10.00 | 0.63 | |
| WIN | SS | 2.56 ± 0.40 | 3.40 ± 0.34 | 2.15 ± 1.05 | 0.00-8.00 | 0.74 | |
| AGR | SW | 7.84 ± 0.58 | 6.61 ± 0.83 | 6.43 ± 0.89 | 4.03-10.05 | 0.75 | 0.57 |
| WAG-W | SW | 6.14 ± 0.84 | 7.03 ± 0.83 | 6.75 ± 1.12 | 4.11-11.49 | 0.60 | |
| WIN | SW | 7.92 ± 0.65 | 6.93 ± 0.48 | 6.66 ± 0.69 | 4.65-10.00 | 0.77 |