Table 2 Phenotypic data overview of all traits in the four populations.

From: Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program

Trait

Population

Min.a

Max.b

Mean

SDc

CVd

n.o.e

n.e. f

Heading date

6RW

3.0

25.0

13.9

4.1

0.29

3681

9 (4, 5)

2RW

1.0

40.0

14.6

6.1

0.42

9712

18 (7, 5)

6RS

32.0

73.0

53.6g

9.3

0.17

4911

18 (4, 5)

2RS

32.0

66.0

47.0

7.6

0.16

13.374

18 (9, 7)

Lodging

6RW

1.0

8.0

2.0

1.7

0.85

1624

6 (3, 4)

2RW

1.0

9.0

2.1

2.0

0.95

8899

16 (7, 6)

6RS

0.9

8.0

1.9

1.3

0.68

2405

9 (4, 5)

2RS

1.0

9.0

2.8

2.0

0.71

17.362

15 (8, 5)

  1. aMin., Minimum trait observation.
  2. bMax., Maximum trait observation.
  3. cSD, Standard deviation.
  4. dCV, Coefficient of variation.
  5. en.o., number of observations.
  6. fn.e., number of unique year x location combinations (environments)—listed in parenthesis is the number of years followed by the number of locations.
  7. gThe later heading date of the 6RS population compared to the 2RS is due to later sowing of the 6RS population. This is the case as the populations are grown in different geographic regions. If the populations were grown in the same location, the 6RS heading date is expected to be 10–14 days earlier than 2RS.