Table 1.

Number of generations, offspring distribution and number of terminal and orphan lines for seven Trifolium species at the Margot Forde Germplasm Centre, New Zealand

Species	Number of generations	Offspring distribution	Number of accessions with offspring	Non zero average offspring range	Non zero average offspring	Number of orphan lines	Number of terminal lines	Year of entry of the first accession
T. ambiguum	0–2	0–122	6	2–122	39	42 (5.2%)	765 (94.0%)	1962
T. arvense	0–1	0–5	4	1–5	2	32 (36.4%)	52 (59.1%)	1962
T. dubium	0–2	0–25	31	1–25	1	24 (11.2%)	160 (74.8%)	1956
T. hybridum	0–2	0–7	27	1–7	1	66 (18.1%)	270 (74.2)	1955
T. medium	0–1	0–39	14	1–13	5	5 (4.5%)	93 (83.0%)	1939
T. subterraneum	0–3	0–3	13	1–2	1	225 (47.6%)	235 (49.7%)	1956
T. repens x T. occidentale	0–3	0–65	75	1–32	6	732 (49.7%)	1054 (71.6%)	2015