TABLE 5.

The predicted optimal crosses for NDVI and CHL in the different material groups.

Trait	Population	Extreme phenotype phenotype	No. crosses	Predicted phenotype
				Mean	Max
NDVI	WA	0.05–0.13	2,851	0.10	0.15
	LR	0.06–0.18	3,322	0.14	0.20
	RC	0.06–0.17	16,427	0.14	0.20
	WA × LR	–	6,234	0.13	0.19
	WA × RC	–	13,834	0.14	0.19
	LR × RC	–	14,926	0.14	0.21
	Entire	0.05–0.18	57,594	0.14	0.21
CHL	WA	1.20–4.49	2,702	3.66	4.93
	LR	2.63–4.78	3,322	4.18	5.31
	RC	2.67–4.50	16,111	4.20	5.06
	WA × LR	–	6,070	3.97	5.41
	WA × RC	–	13,322	4.01	5.38
	LR × RC	–	14,762	4.21	5.21
	Entire	1.20–4.78	56,289	4.11	5.41

WA, wild accession; LR, cultivated farmer landraces; RC, released modern cultivars. The extreme phenotype is the observed minimum and maximum phenotype in the population. The predicted phenotype is the 99th percentile of a cross in the group of crosses.