Genome-wide association analysis of seedling root development in maize (Zea mays L.)

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Trait statistics collected for all 22 traits

Trait	Mean	Std. dev	Minimum	Maximum	H ²
TPB	0.107 g	0.036	0.016 g	0.253 g	0.491
WID	5.23	1.64	0.81	10.5	0.489
TNR	11.05	4.94	1	26.67	0.486
RDW	0.058 g	0.021	.005 g	0.145 g	0.479
SDW	0.049 g	0.019	.005 g	0.124 g	0.474
MED	5.12	2.61	1	16	0.449
COP	0.43	0.07	0.18	0.74	0.441
SHL	15.77 cm	4.42	2.55 cm	30.6 cm	0.431
SUA	10.22 cm²	4.32	1.16 cm²	25.04 cm²	0.424
TRL	190.05 cm	98.07	16.39 cm	536.33 cm	0.423
SEL	149.32 cm	92.8	0.16 cm	490.59 cm	0.419
NWA	1.09	0.61	0.03	3.26	0.39
MNR	80.8	33.94	4	196	0.385
DIA	0.12	0.03	0.05	0.35	0.333
PER	143.38 cm	54.06	9.77 cm	307.07 cm	0.305
CVA	87.79	43.36	1.24	218.9	0.303
PRL	28.45 cm	8.35	4.09 cm	47.06 cm	0.281
WDR	0.25	0.42	0.08	13.01	0.268
DEP	24.17	6.54	3.56	34.88	0.257
SRL	0.59	0.4	0.05	2.54	0.209
LED	0.76	0.31	0.02	3.13	0.186
BSH	2.4	0.807	1	10	0.119

TPB = Total Plant Biomass, WID = Width, TNR = Total number of roots, RDW = Root Dry Weight, SDW = Shoot Dry Weight, MED = Median, COP = Center of Point, SHL = Shoot Length, SUA = Surface Area, TRL = Total Root Length, SEL = Secondary Root Length, NWA = Network Area, MNR = Maximum Root Number, DIA = Diameter, PER = Perimeter, CVA = Convex Root Area, PRL = Primary Root Length, WDR = Width Depth Ratio, DEP = Depth, SRL = Standard Root Length, LED = Length Distribution, BSH = Bushiness.

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