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Table 1 Phenotypic variations for leaf Cd concentration in 269 maize accessions in experiments conducted in 2015 and 2016

From: Genome-wide association analysis and QTL mapping reveal the genetic control of cadmium accumulation in maize leaf

Year

Trait

No.

Mean ± SDa

(mg·kg−1)

Rang (mg·kg−1)

CV (%)b

FYc

FGd

FG × Ye

h 2f

2015

LSLCd

251

1.73 ± 1.28

0.14–5.90

73.8

90.6**

2.07**

0.24

0.82

MSLCd

238

25.9 ± 13.8

3.22–64.3

53.6

239.9**

3.53**

1.27**

0.71

HLCd

250

47.3 ± 23.0

16.6–128.4

48.7

1178.2**

9.50**

1.64**

0.62

2016

LSLCd

269

1.52 ± 1.28

0.18–5.36

84.2

    

MSLCd

249

18.6 ± 9.7

2.79–49.6

52.9

    

HLCd

243

21.9 ± 13.9

6.76–83.3

63.6

    
  1. The F-test was applied to determine the significance level
  2. ** indicates significance at level of 0.01
  3. a SD standard deviation
  4. b variation coefficient (CV)
  5. c year
  6. d genotype
  7. e genotype × year
  8. f Broad-sense heritability (h2)