Table 2 Heritability estimates (and their standard errors) for each phenotype measured

From: Direct mapping of density response in a population of B73 × Mo17 recombinant inbred lines of maize (Zea Mays L.)

Trait

Heritability (plot mean basis)

Heritability (family mean basis)

Height

0.738 (0.0228)

0.952 (0.00613)

Height (low density)

0.751 (0.230)

0.946 (0.00676)

Height (high density)

0.735 (0.0241)

0.942 (0.00732)

Ears per plant

0.350 (0.326)

0.796 (0.0265)

Ears per plant (low density)

0.341 (0.0358)

0.750 (0.0315)

Ears per plant (high density)

0.411 (0.0351)

0.812 (0.0235)

Yield per plant

0.363 (0.0338)

0.788 (0.0279)

Yield per plant (low density)

0.461 (0.0358)

0.834 (0.0212)

Yield per plant (high density)

0.359 (0.0351)

0.781 (0.0277)

Barrenness

0.240 (0.0321)

0.671 (0.0433)

Barrenness (low density)

0.135 (0.0296)

0.493 (0.0660)

Barrenness (high density)

0.385 (0.0356)

0.792 (0.0263

ASI

0.367 (0.0314)

0.830 (0.0226)

ASI (low density)

0.369 (0.0340)

0.80 (0.0254)

ASI (high density)

0.405 (0.0347)

0.810 (0.0237)

Anthesis

0.702(0.0245)

0.949 (0.00672)

Anthesis (low density)

0.722 (0.0246)

0.944 (0.007002)

Anthesis (high density)

0.707 (0.0255767)

0.9361838 (0.0079196)

  1. Abbreviation: ASI, anthesis-silking interval.
  2. Estimates are given for the combined data as well as for each density separately. Anthesis is the log of the days to the observation of the first anther.