. 2018 Jul 23;8:11101. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29338-1

Table 2.

Analysis of variance for the four kernel traits in CSSLs × Zheng58 and CSSLs × Xun9058 populations.

Traits	Populations	CSSLs × Zheng58					CSSLs × Xun9058
Traits	Populations	DF	SS	MS	F	P	DF	SS	MS	F	P
Kernel length	Location	1	40.42	40.42^**	289.29	<0.0001	1	89.11	89.11^**	527.35	<0.0001
	Repetition	4	1.77	0.44	3.17	0.014	4	0.76	0.19	1.13	0.34
	Genotype	175	43.30	0.25^**	1.77	<0.0001	164	41.29	0.25^**	1.49	0.0006
	Location × Genotype	171	28.62	0.17	1.20	0.07	159	26.81	0.17	1.00	0.49
	Error	507	70.84	0.14			466	78.74	0.17
	Heritability (H²_B)	73.50%					65.22%
Kernel width	Location	1	69.68	69.68^**	300.37	<0.0001	1	114.95	114.95^**	393.68	<0.0001
	Repetition	4	9.94	2.49^**	10.71	<0.0001	4	1.27	0.32	1.09	0.36
	Genotype	175	57.85	0.33^**	1.43	0.002	164	44.28	0.27^**	0.93	0.005
	Location × Genotype	171	39.08	0.23	0.99	0.54	159	53.49	0.34	1.15	0.13
	Error	507	117.62	0.23			466	136.07	0.29
	Heritability (H²_B)	73.18%					64.85%
Kernel thickness	Location	1	346.67	346.67^**	97.27	<0.0001	1	338.07	338.07^**	81.32	<0.0001
	Repetition	4	12.76	3.19	0.89	0.47	4	10.02	2.50	0.60	0.66
	Genotype	175	1291.76	7.38^**	2.07	<0.0001	164	1539.45	9.39^**	2.26	<0.0001
	Location × Genotype	174	754.52	4.34^*	1.22	0.04	164	861.48	5.25^*	1.26	0.03
	Error	610	2174.06	3.56			572	2377.90	4.16
	Heritability (H²_B)	78.58%					67.35%
100-kernel weight	Location	1	3038.61	3038.61^**	683.33	<0.0001	1	10502.4	10502.4^**	1654.41	<0.0001
	Repetition	4	280.60	70.15^**	15.78	<0.0001	4	19.21	4.80	0.76	0.55
	Genotype	175	1210.44	6.92^**	1.56	0.0002	164	1616.15	9.85^**	1.55	0.0003
	Location × Genotype	157	719.88	4.59	1.03	0.4	149	1281.23	8.6^*	1.35	0.01
	Error	404	1796.49	4.45			373	2367.85	6.35
	Heritability (H²_B)	67.62%					64.89%

DF, degrees of freedom; SS, Sum of square; MS, mean square; ^{*, **}p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively.