Table 1.
Mean, minimum and maximum values and standard deviations for nine continuously variable descriptors measured on the bread wheat accessions under study. The reported data are the average values from two locations (SAL and LO) and two growing seasons (2011-12 and 2012-13).
| Descriptor | Code | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Standard deviation |
| Heading date (days from 1st April) | HD | 37.0 | 24.8 | 55.0 | 5.99 |
| Plant height excluding awns (cm) | PH | 103.8 | 58.0 | 153.5 | 27.29 |
| Spike length (cm) | SL | 10.0 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 2.08 |
| Spikelets/spike (n°) | Sp/S | 19.0 | 15.0 | 23.8 | 1.46 |
| Seeds/spike (n°) | Se/S | 49.2 | 30.5 | 66.9 | 7.59 |
| Seed length (mm) | SeL | 7.1 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 0.52 |
| 1000-kernel weight (g) | TKW | 43.0 | 27.1 | 67.5 | 5.89 |
| Protein content (% dm) | PC | 14.1 | 11.3 | 17.4 | 1.30 |
| SDS sedimentation volume (mL) | SSV | 39.9 | 17.5 | 61.7 | 7.85 |
| Specific SDS sedimentation volume | sSSV | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.60 |