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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the mapping population for biomass growth and quality characteristics relevant to the use of miscanthus for biofuel production

From: Genetic complexity of miscanthus cell wall composition and biomass quality for biofuels

 

Growing

P1

G-P1

G-P2

Population statistics

Trait

season

(H0227)

(H0012)

(H0163)

Mean

Range

LSD

h 2

NDF (g/kg dm)

1

*

899.8

838.7

880.0

81.53–91.13

16.5

0.63

2

911.5

889.0

899.1

903.0

87.69–91.76

10.4

0.39

ADF (g/kg dm)

1

*

576.8

500.2

546.0

49.09–60.68

18.8

0.63

2

584.7

585.8

593.1

594.0

54.94–62.87

19.7

0.40

CEL (g/kg dm)

1

*

506.2

453.8

482.0

44.65–52.72

15.3

0.62

2

499.3

495.4

497.3

502.0

47.41–53.21

16.6

0.40

HEM (g/kg dm)

1

*

323.0

338.5

334.0

30.45–36.47

11.0

0.72

2

326.8

303.1

306.0

309.0

28.21–34.77

14.2

0.55

ADL (g/kg dm)

1

*

70.7

46.4

62.0

4.2–8.18

6.5

0.73

2

85.4

90.4

95.8

90.0

7.48–11.03

6.3

0.59

CEL/cw (% NDF)

1

*

56.2

54.1

55.1

51.4–57.9

1.1

0.72

2

54.8

55.7

55.3

55.5

52.9–58

1.4

0.47

HEM/cw (% NDF)

1

*

35.9

40.4

38.0

33.4–42.5

1.4

0.68

2

35.8

34.1

34.0

34.3

31.4–38.8

1.7

0.49

ADL/cw (% NDF)

1

*

7.8

5.5

7.0

4.9–9.2

0.7

0.72

2

9.4

10.2

10.7

10.0

8.3–12.3

0.7

0.62

KL (% NDF)

1

*

13.5

14.0

13.7

12.1–15.2

0.5

0.72

2

12.3

13.9

14.1

14.1

11.5–15.7

0.8

0.65

GLU (% NDF)

1

*

52.3

51.7

51.7

50.0–53.2

0.7

0.64

2

52.4

51.2

49.3

50.1

48.0–52.2

0.9

0.50

XYL (% NDF)

1

*

33.7

33.2

33.2

30.5–36.0

0.9

0.65

2

28.8

28.3

30.4

29.2

27.1–32.0

1.1

0.52

ARA (% NDF)

1

*

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.5–3.2

0.1

0.69

2

3.0

2.8

3.2

2.9

2.6–3.4

0.2

0.60

CC (% CEL)

1

*

40.1

46.2

41.2

36.9–46.2

1.7

0.66

2

34.7

36.0

33.2

25.3

30.2–39.1

3.1

0.35

HC (% HEM)

1

*

22.8

21.6

22.0

21.3–22.6

0.4

0.46

2

20.6

21.7

21.1

13.7

20–22.1

1.5

0.31

GC (% GLU)

1

*

53.2

48.8

48.8

42.3–54.8

1.9

0.74

2

45.2

41.6

38.4

40.1

32.5–45.7

3.2

0.47

XC (% XYL)

1

*

30.2

28.6

28.5

26.83–31.35

0.7

0.63

2

29.7

28.4

27.5

27.9

26.7–30.5

0.9

0.54

SacR ()

1

*

14.4

21.3

18.1

10.7–24.3

3.7

0.53

HD (Julian days)

1

*

228.1

261.7

228.2

213.7–257.4

9.5

0.63

2

228.3

213.3

224.3

208.8

196.3–225.7

6.4

0.72

  1. LSD = least significant difference (p = 0.05), h 2 = heritability
  2. * missing value