Table 3 Broad-sense heritability of P concentration in tissues (lower leaf, LL; upper leaf, UL; seed, SE) at both time points (mid-pod, MP; full-pod, FP).

From: Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) shows genetic variation in phosphorus use efficiency in different P environments

Tissue

Time

Treatmenta

H2

LL

MP

1

0.81

LL

MP

2

0.60

SE

MP

1

0.57

SE

MP

2

0.26

UL

MP

1

0.63

UL

MP

2

0.15

LL

FP

1

0.56

LL

FP

2

0.40

SE

FP

1

0.66

SE

FP

2

0.85

UL

FP

1

0.13b

UL

FP

2

− 0.08

  1. aTreatment 1 and treatment 2 correspond to normal and reduced phosphorus fertilizers, respectively.
  2. bVariation influenced by replicate over accession.
Back to article page