Table 1.

Variance composition and broad-sense heritability for 191 BC₂F₈ families in three environments

Traits	Mo17	RILs		Mean square			Heritabilityb
		Means ± SD	Range	Environment (E)	Genotype (G)	G × Ea
HL	21.52 ± 1.88	23.49 ± 2.28	17.39–29.80	757.86**	37.24**	3.45**	0.91
NN	9.24 ± 1.92	7.89 ± 0.78	4.80–10.36	5.41**	2.22**	0.31	0.86
HW	7.52 ± 1.00	7.49 ± 0.53	6.22–9.26	40.19**	4.89**	0.7**	0.86

^aG × E designates the interaction between G and E; ^bBroad-sense heritability. * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01