Table 4.
Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) values of Release Year (YOR) and various plant characteristics at flowering and the harvested DM yield (H1_DMY), based on the linear mixed model with the plant characteristics as co-variates.
| LAI | LN | LL | Lf | LOV | RUE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | 206.39 | 201.81 | 213.27 | 220.48 | 219.68 | 219.28 | 216.53 | |
| LAI+ SLA |
LN+ LOV |
LN+ Lf |
LL+ Lf |
LL+ RUE |
SLA+ RUE |
LN+ LL |
LL+ LOV |
LAI+ RUE |
LN+ RUE |
LOV+ Lf |
LOV+ RUE |
Lf+ RUE |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | 211.89 | 216.25 | 215.38 | 224.51 | 221.21 | 223.5 | 217.09 | 222.87 | 203.2 | 213.07 | 224.9 | 220.44 | 220.65 | ||
| LN+ LL+ LOV |
LN+ LL+ Lf |
LN+ LL+ RUE |
LN+ LOV+ Lf |
LN+ LOV+ RUE |
LN+ Lf+ RUE |
LL+ LOV+ RUE |
LAI+ SLA+ RUE |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | 220.06 | 220.65 | 217.29 | 221.09 | 216.87 | 216 | 224 | 213.24 | ||
LAI, leaf area index; SLA, specific leaf area; LN, number of leaves; LOV, leaf orientation value; LL, leaf length; Lf, length from leaf collar to the flagging point.