Table 1.
Matrix of plot-based heritabilities (h2Plot, underlined diagonal values), genetic (corg) and phenotypic (corp) correlations (lower and upper triangle values, respectively) for grain yield (GY, Mg ha−1), plant height (PH, cm), heading date (HD, days since 1 January), thousand grain weight (TGW, g), test weight (TW, kg hl−1), grains per ear (GPE), and ear weight (EW, g) in the population of 358 European winter plus 15 spring wheat varieties (GABI-WHEAT population) phenotyped in up to eight environments
cor g/h2Plot/corp | GY | PH | HD | TGW | TW | GPE | EW |
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GY | 0.44 | –0.24*** | 0.07 | 0.09 | –0.37*** | 0.26*** | 0.21*** |
PH | 0.08 | 0.87 | 0.16** | 0.21*** | 0.64*** | –0.18** | –0.03 |
HD | –0.05 | 0.00 | 0.85 | –0.42*** | -0.26*** | 0.37*** | 0.07 |
TGW | 0.15* | 0.29*** | –0.45*** | 0.70 | 0.23*** | –0.51*** | 0.22*** |
TW | 0.00 | 0.41*** | –0.42*** | 0.17** | 0.71 | –0.32*** | –0.14** |
GPE | 0.29** | –0.08 | 0.36*** | –0.60*** | –0.18* | 0.59 | 0.56*** |
EW | 0.25** | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.42*** | –0.09 | 0.63*** | 0.35 |
*Significantly different from zero with a P-value <0.05.
**Significantly different from zero with a P-value <0.01.
***Significantly different from zero with a P-value <0.0001.