Table 1 Estimates of variance components (σ2) and heritability (H2) on entry mean basis for heading time (in days after 1 January) and plant height (in cm) in 135 parental winter wheat inbred lines and their 1604 factorial crosses

From: Bridging the gap between marker-assisted and genomic selection of heading time and plant height in hybrid wheat

Source

Heading time

Plant height

Parents

 σ2 Genotype

3.58a

22.54b

 σ2 Genotype × environment

1.26a

6.58b

 H2

0.87

0.85

F 1 hybrids

 σ2 Genotype

2.04a

17.79b

 σ2 Genotype × environment

0.58a

5.39b

 σ2 Errorc

1.13

12.71

 H2

0.85

0.82

  1. aSignificantly different from zero at the 0.001 level of probability.
  2. bSignificantly different from zero at the 0.01 level of probability.
  3. cAssumed same error variance for parents and F1 hybrids.
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