Table 3. Genetic parameters estimated for eight yield and fruit-related traits analyzed with six linear mixed models, considering the use of ploidy information and continuous genotypes. Source of information, and dosage parameterizations for the relationship matrices indicated by the letters (I, A, or G), and index 2, 4, and r respectively^*.

Trait	Relationship matrix	Additive Variance	Residual Variance	Heritability	EGG 20141	EGG 20151
Soluble Solid (°Brix)	I	0.806 b	1.794 d	0.257 a	0.018 b	—
	A2	0.777 c	2.129 b	0.239 b	0.021 ab	—
	A4	0.764 c	2.125 b	0.236 b	0.021 ab	—
	G2	0.848 a	2.026 c	0.262 a	0.028 a	—
	G4	0.673 d	2.109 b	0.215 c	0.026 a	—
	Gr	0.546 e	2.241 a	0.174 d	0.022 ab	—
Flower Buds	I	2.133 a	4.752 d	0.270 a	—	0.018 a
	A2	1.247 cd	6.080 a	0.153 de	—	0.019 a
	A4	1.232 d	6.070 a	0.152 e	—	0.018 a
	G2	2.106 a	5.562 c	0.251 b	—	0.030 a
	G4	1.526 b	5.881 b	0.188 c	—	0.025 a
	Gr	1.315 c	6.115 a	0.161 d	—	0.023 a
Fruit Diameter	I	2.236 f	6.804 b	0.162 f	0.047 b	0.041 c
	A2	3.647 a	6.854 b	0.250 a	0.063 b	0.054 bc
	A4	3.581 b	6.825 b	0.247 b	0.061 b	0.054 bc
	G2	3.428 c	6.799 b	0.242 c	0.088 a	0.079 a
	G4	2.992 d	6.954 ab	0.216 d	0.083 a	0.072 ab
	Gr	2.910 e	7.219 a	0.207 e	0.082 a	0.071 ab
Fruit Firmness	I	509.180 f	737.735 b	0.275 f	0.567 c	0.798 c
	A2	806.908 a	741.089 b	0.401 a	0.881 b	1.16 b
	A4	786.601 b	742.547 b	0.395 b	0.877 b	1.135 b
	G2	725.192 c	734.332 b	0.376 c	1.243 a	1.511 a
	G4	659.584 e	749.865 b	0.351 e	1.217 a	1.446 a
	Gr	687.685 d	783.729 a	0.354 d	1.257 a	1.490 a
pH	I	0.053 a	0.118 d	0.253 a	0.005 a	—
	A2	0.052 a	0.140 c	0.241 b	0.006 a	—
	A4	0.052 a	0.140 c	0.238 b	0.005 a	—
	G2	0.052 a	0.141 c	0.241 b	0.007 a	—
	G4	0.040 b	0.147 b	0.191 c	0.006 a	—
	Gr	0.035 c	0.153 a	0.165 d	0.006 a	—
Fruit Scar	I	0.086 f	0.073 d	0.381 f	0.008 c	0.009 c
	A2	0.139 a	0.075 c	0.528 a	0.013 b	0.014 b
	A4	0.135 b	0.075 bc	0.522 b	0.013 b	0.014 b
	G2	0.123 d	0.075 cd	0.500 c	0.018 a	0.018 a
	G4	0.115 e	0.077 b	0.479 e	0.018 a	0.017 a
	Gr	0.126 c	0.081 a	0.494 d	0.019 a	0.018 a
Fruit Weight	I	0.217 f	0.214 b	0.374 f	0.013 c	0.014 c
	A2	0.403 a	0.207 c	0.574 a	0.021 b	0.021 b
	A4	0.393 b	0.205 c	0.568 b	0.021 b	0.021 b
	G2	0.344 d	0.206 c	0.535 c	0.030 a	0.029 a
	G4	0.323 e	0.215 b	0.513 e	0.029 a	0.027 a
	Gr	0.352 c	0.231 a	0.522 d	0.030 a	0.028 a
Yield	I	0.326 f	0.444 bc	0.310 f	0.012 b	0.015 c
	A2	0.549 a	0.442 bc	0.447 a	0.019 a	0.022 b
	A4	0.536 b	0.442 bc	0.441 b	0.020 a	0.021 b
	G2	0.470 c	0.441 c	0.407 c	0.026 a	0.030 a
	G4	0.421 d	0.458 b	0.374 d	0.024 a	0.028 a
	Gr	0.411 e	0.493 a	0.356 e	0.023 a	0.027 a

^*Letters based on Tukey test performed considering estimations obtained from 10 independent runs of the full models with BGLR (equation 1).

¹Expected Genetic Gain on trait scale.