Table 3 Prediction of the parent group with high specific combining ability in P. tomentosa.

From: Construction of a breeding parent population of Populus tomentosa based on SSR genetic distance analysis

 

Male

Female

Max

Min

Mean

SD

High specific combining parents

Parent populations

18

68

    

♀:15

♂:12

Genetic distance

  

0.984

0.032

0.424

0.143

 

Hybrid combination

1224

    

52

  1. ♀ represents the female parent, ♂ represents the male parent, and SD represents standard deviation.