Table 2.
Broad sense heritability and genetic correlations for nodal root angle between the experimental runs of the BC-NAM population and the advanced hybrids
| Pairs of experiments | Run number | Number of genotypes | Mean root angle (degree) |
Heritability (%) (from spatial analysis) |
Heritability (%) (from non-spatial analysis) |
Percentage of common genotypes (genotypic overlap) |
Correlation between runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC-NAM population | 1 2 |
199 242 |
23.6 25.9 |
77 93 |
55 89 |
20 | 0.94 |
| BC-NAM population | 3 4 |
242 242 |
26.5 26.0 |
95 91 |
85 78 |
10 | 0.70 |
| Advanced hybrids | 5 6 |
339 339 |
27.3 27.2 |
94 96 |
93 94 |
15 | 0.96 |