Table 2 Estimated phenotypic variance (v.P), percentage of estimated variance components for individual random effects (G: candidate, H: harvest, L: Location, E: residual error), interactions from the analysis of individual traits, and total genetic variation (H2) for the fruit quality traits assessed as part of the WABP Phase 2 trials

From: Cost and accuracy of advanced breeding trial designs in apple

%

Trait

v.P

G

G.Y

G.H

G.Y.H

G.L

G.L.Y

G.L.H

E

H 2

Sensory

 AROMa

0.46

26

7

0

0

3

16

0

48 b

0.26

 CRISP

0.34

42

4

0

0

2

5

0

47

0.42

 EQ

1.04

30

4

0

0

5

6

0

55

0.30

 HARD

0.32

38

6

0

0

1

4

0

51

0.38

 JUIC

0.26

27

8

0

0

2

6

0

57

0.27

 OVERALL

0.23

18

4

2

0

4

0

0

72

0.18

 SWEET

0.23

21

8

0

0

8

7

0

56

0.21

 TART

0.24

46

0

0

4

0

8

0

42

0.46

Instrumental

 CN

4447

30

5

0

0

0

10

0

55

0.31

 FRTDM

0.08

51

5

0

0

4

11

0

29

0.51

 FRTWT

3498

49

5

0

0

5

11

0

30

0.49

 M1

6.42

61

0

0

0

2

16

0

21

0.61

 SSC

1.18

24

11

0

0

5

13

0

47

0.24

 TA

0.02

57

3

0

0

4

2

2

32

0.57

Appearance

 APPSUM

0.38

38

7

0

0

4

6

0

45

0.38

 GCOL

0.33

38

8

0

0

1

7

3

43

0.38

 LENT

0.58

52

6

0

0

2

5

0

35

0.52

 PCOL

1.43

65

4

0

0

4

2

0

25

0.65

 RUSS

0.96

37

8

0

0

2

8

0

45

0.37

 SHAPE

0.91

38

8

0

0

5

0

0

49

0.39

 SIZE

0.50

43

4

0

0

5

9

0

39

0.43

 TCOL

0.45

59

3

0

2

2

6

0

28

0.59

  1. Zero variance component indicates source of variation was not significant.
  2. a Additional details for appearance and sensory traits given in Appendix 1.
  3. b The single largest source of variance for each trait is emboldened.