Table 5.

ANOVA results with variance components for observed (Obs) and Simulated (Sim) grain yields of 16 maize varieties across 8 environments.

Source	Sum of Squares		Mean Squares		% Variance estimate
	Obs	Sim	Obs	Sim	Obs	Sim
Variety	75.41	85.57	5.03***	5.70***	19.2	20.6
Environment	261.73	265.27	37.39***	37.90***	66.7	64.0
Variety*Environment	50.89	63.49	0.48***	0.60***	13.0	15.3
Rep	0.02	0.27	0.02ns	0.27ns	0.0	0.1
Error	4.58	0.08	0.04	0.00	1.2	0.0
Total	392.63	414.68			100	100

^***Significant at the 0.001 probability level, ns = non-significant.