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. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0208217. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208217

Table 1. Trait descriptive statistics and generalized heritability estimates calculated using raw plot values and spatially-adjusted values.

Descriptive Statistics Generalized Heritability
Raw Plot Values Spatially-Adjusted Values
Trait a Units min mean max SD 14Bb 14War 15Bb 15War mean 14Bb 14War 15Bb 15War mean
FLSG days 21.0 28.7 38.0 2.76 0.26 0.80 0.75 0.55 0.59 0.55 0.83 0.76 0.75 0.72
GSQM Grains m-2 8460 1.85E+04 3.13E+04 3277 0.62 0.50 0.51 0.58 0.55 0.71 0.51 0.54 0.67 0.61
GW g dwt m-1 row 47.68 96.64 157.9 16.53 0.19 0.14 0.44 0.05 0.20 0.43 0.16 0.47 0.25 0.33
HD Julian days (Jan1) 121 128 136 3.21 0.75 0.94 0.95 0.96 0.90 0.82 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.92
HT cm 59 85 119 9.3 0.85 0.85 0.84 0.86 0.85 0.92 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.89
MAT Julian days (Jan1) 151 159 171 4.72 0.83 0.87 0.86 0.76 0.83 0.89 0.91 0.89 0.9 0.90
NDVI - 0.26 0.54 0.75 0.08 0.06 0.39 0.41 0.41 0.32 0.70 0.75 0.68 0.64 0.69
PROT % 9.67 12.3 16.0 1.01 0.66 0.38 0.63 0.74 0.60 0.67 0.40 0.71 0.78 0.64
SPH count 8.54 21.9 33.3 3.04 0.86 0.82 0.77 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.82 0.75 0.84 0.82
SSQM Spikes m-2 459.3 853.0 1485 161.2 0.60 0.62 0.45 0.52 0.55 0.65 0.63 0.50 0.63 0.60
STARCH % 46.88 52.51 56.49 1.410 0.46 0.71 0.19 0.69 0.51 0.80 0.72 0.73 0.83 0.77
TKW grams 24.1 34.6 91.6 3.98 0.96 0.97 0.94 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.98 0.69 0.97 0.90
TWT g L-1 652.6 759.0 810.9 19.70 0.96 0.92 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.98 0.96 0.90 0.95 0.95
YLD kg ha-1 3579 6627 9053 1027 0.63 0.45 0.73 0.46 0.57 0.84 0.81 0.78 0.81 0.81

14Bb Blacksburg, VA 2014; 14War Warsaw, VA 2014; 15Bb Blacksburg, VA 2015; 15War Warsaw, VA 2015

a FLSG flag leaf stay green; GSQM grains per square meter; GW grain weight; HD heading date; HT plant height; MAT physiological maturity date; NDVI normalized-difference vegetation index at Zadok’s GS25; PROT wet chemistry-validated whole-grain protein content; SPH seeds per head; SSQM spikes per square meter; STARCH whole-grain starch content; TKW thousand kernel weight; TWT test weight; YLD grain yield