Table 2 Estimates of various genetic parameters for different developmental and diapause traits of C. partellus.

From: Genetic regulation of diapause and associated traits in Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)

Genetic parameters

Egg hatching (%)

Larval survival (%)

Diapause incidence (%)

Diapause termination (%)

Adult emergence (%)

GCA variance (σ2gca)

4.02

0.61

24.16

2.02

2.68

SCA variance (σ2sca)

34.47

24.58

39.48

7.29

4.43

σ2gca/ σ2sca

0.12

0.16

0.61

0.28

0.61

Additive variance (σ2a)

8.04

1.22

48.32

4.04

5.37

Dominance variance (σ2d)

34.47

24.58

39.48

7.30

4.43

Degree of dominance

4.94

7.19

1.49

2.50

1.62

Proportion of dominant and recessive alleles in the parents

0.75

1.26

0.89

0.76

0.73

Proportion of alleles with increasing and decreasing effects

0.24

0.24

0.22

0.24

0.23

Broad sense heritability (hb2)

0.83

0.92

0.99

0.93

0.94

Narrow sense heritability (hns2)

0.16

0.04

0.54

0.33

0.52