Table 2 Summary of experimental setup for the 22 and four estimation and validation experiments, respectively, of yield breeding values of plant genetic resources using bridging ‘Elite × PGR’ crosses.

From: Large-scale genotyping and phenotyping of a worldwide winter wheat genebank for its use in pre-breeding

Group

Series

Experiment

Locationa

Yearb

Trialsc

Trial Design

Testd

Block sizee

Entriesf

Estimation

S1

BOH_2015

Böhnhausen

2015–2016

2

α lattice

U

9

611

S1

GAT_2015

Gatersleben

2015–2016

2

α lattice

U

9

611

S1

HOH_2015

Hohenheim

2015–2016

2

α lattice

U

9

611

S1

RNG_2015

Renningen

2015–2016

2

α lattice

U

9

611

S1

SST_2015

Schackstedt

2015–2016

2

α lattice

U

9

611

S2

ASD_2016

Asendorf

2016–2017

2

α lattice

U

10

615

S2

GAT_2016

Gatersleben

2016–2017

2

α lattice

U

10

614

S2

HOH_2016

Hohenheim

2016–2017

2

α lattice

U

10

614

S2

RNG_2016

Renningen

2016–2017

2

α lattice

U

10

617

S2

SST_2016

Schackstedt

2016–2017

2

α lattice

U

10

617

S3

GAT_2017

Gatersleben

2017–2018

1

α lattice

PR

10

433

S3

HDM_2017

Hadmersleben

2017–2018

1

α lattice

U

10

500

S3

HOH_2017

Hohenheim

2017–2018

1

α lattice

U

10

500

S3

RNG_2017

Renningen

2017–2018

1

α lattice

U

10

500

S3

SST_2017

Schackstedt

2017–2018

1

α lattice

PR

10

389

S4

GAT_2018

Gatersleben

2018–2019

1

α lattice

U

12

495

S4

HDM_2018

Hadmersleben

2018–2019

1

α lattice

U

12

488

S4

HOH_2018

Hohenheim

2018–2019

1

α lattice

U

12

502

S4

RNG_2018

Renningen

2018–2019

1

α lattice

U

12

502

S4

SST_2018

Schackstedt

2018–2019

1

α lattice

U

12

502

S5

GAT_2019

Gatersleben

2019–2020

1

α lattice

CR

10

510

S5

SST_2019

Schackstedt

2019–2020

1

α lattice

CR

10

510

Validation

—

GAT_PB_2019

Gatersleben

2019–2020

1

Incomplete block

PR

4–5

95

—

SST_PB_2019

Schackstedt

2019–2020

1

Incomplete block

PR

4–5

59

—

GAT_PB_2020

Gatersleben

2020–2021

1

Incomplete block

PR

5

118

—

SST_PB_2020

Schackstedt

2020–2021

1

Incomplete block

PR

5

108

  1. aLocations specificities are as follows: Böhnhausen (latitude 51° 51’ 30.95” N, longitude 10° 57’ 44.32” E, 173 m.a.s.l.), Gatersleben (latitude 51° 49’ 19.74” N, longitude 11° 17’ 11.80” E, 111 m.a.s.l.), Hohenheim (latitude 49° 43’ 2.65” N, longitude 9° 11’ 12.70” E, 406 m.a.s.l.), Renningen (latitude 48° 44’ 29.58” N, longitude 8° 55’ 15.35” E, 484 m.a.s.l.), Schackstedt (latitude 51° 43’ 0” N, longitude 11° 37’ 0” E, 122 m.a.s.l.), Asendorf (latitude 52° 44’ 17.93” N, longitude 9° 0’ 24.11” E, 45 m.a.s.l.), Hadmersleben (latitude 51° 59’ 29.79” N, longitude 11° 18’ 12.79” E, 91 m.a.s.l.).
  2. bSowing - harvest years.
  3. cNumber of trials per experiment.
  4. dGenotypes were tested either in an unreplicated (U), partially (>20%) replicated (PR) or completely replicated (CR) fashion.
  5. eSize of the incomplete blocks (number of plots) used to account and correct for uncontrolled spatial variation. Plot sizes ranged between 6 to 9 m2.
  6. fNumber of entries according to the original field plan.
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