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. 2017 Feb 22;4:17004. doi: 10.1038/hortres.2017.4

Table 5. Predicted response to selection of the two TPE for assessed traits (SCC, RF: counts of rooted cuttings assigned to S4+S5 of root formation, FC, BC) for single time-point (l), total (S) and RP analysis for various selected fractions (p) for given population sizes (n).

TPE Trait l μ p
n
        1/n 5/n 10/n 20/n 40/n  
I SCC 1 9.1 5.04 4.35 3.97 3.54 3.06 497
    2 6.46 5.21 4.5 4.11 3.67 3.17 496
    3 8.82 3.59 3.12 2.84 2.53 2.19 497
    S3a 24.46 13.93 12.05 10.99 9.82 8.48 497
    S11b,c 64.64 31.17 26.98 24.63 21.98 18.99 499
    RPc 8.12 2.36 1.92 1.68 1.41 1.13 497
  RF 1d 3.14 2.51 2.16 1.97 1.75 1.51 483
    2 4.09 3.58 3.09 2.82 2.51 2.17 485
    3 4.95 5.02 4.33 3.95 3.52 3.03 496
    RPd 3.69 2.52 2.18 1.99 1.77 1.53 497
  FC 1c 4.54 4.37 3.74 3.39 2.98 2.51 346
    2c 6.6 6.26 5.36 4.85 4.27 3.6 363
    Sc,e 16.49 9.14 7.85 7.11 6.27 5.31 364
    RP 5.53 3.26 2.79 2.52 2.22 1.88 351
  BC 1 7.91 4.93 4.22 3.81 3.35 2.83 342
    2 8.04 6.09 5.24 4.76 4.23 3.61 347
    Se 15.74 14.72 12.58 11.37 9.99 8.41 336
    RPf 7.93 6.38 5.46 4.94 4.35 3.57 348
II SCC 1 2.34 0.37 0.32 0.29 0.25 0.21 348
    2c 4.2 1.02 0.86 0.78 0.69 0.58 382
    3 3.84 1.25 1.08 0.98 0.86 0.73 372
    4 4.97 1.14 0.97 0.87 0.77 0.65 390
    S4c,g 15.6 3.93 3.34 3.01 2.64 2.23 390
    RP 3.85 0.78 0.66 0.6 0.53 0.45 394
  RF 1 1.66 0.95 0.81 0.73 0.64 0.54 349
    2h 3.02 1.74 1.48 1.34 1.18 1 373
    3 1.85 0.87 0.74 0.67 0.58 0.49 372
    4h,i 3.8 1.63 1.39 1.25 1.1 0.93 372
    RP 2.61 1.24 1.06 0.96 0.84 0.72 377

Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike information criterion; BC, branch count; CS, compound symmetry; FC, flower count; RF, root formation; RP, repeated measurement; SCC, stem cutting count; TPE, two-phase experiment; UN, unstructured; VC, variance components.

a

Total over l=1, 2, 3 time-points.

b

Total over l=1, …, 11 time-points.

c

Estimates obtained without REP.IB in model (4).

d

Estimates obtained without REP.IB in model (6).

e

Total over l=1, 2 time-points.

f

Estimates obtained without REP.COL in model (4).

g

Total over l=1, 2, 3, 4 time-points.

h

Estimates obtained without RTABLE in model (6).

i

Estimates obtained without RTABLE.TRAY in model (6).