Genome wide association mapping for heat tolerance in sub-tropical maize

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Mean and descriptive statistics of morphological traits in 662 doubled haploid association panel evaluated under normal and heat stress conditions over two growing environments

Trait	Condition	Mean	Max	Min	LSD	σ² G	σ² GE	H²
GY	Normal	5.45	6.96	3.15	2.62	0.55^***	0.16^***	0.51
AD		71.17	78.81	66.99	4.00	3.87^***	0.29^***	0.77
SD		72.83	83.31	68.51	4.45	4.57^***	0.39^***	0.76
ASI		1.78	3.60	0.62	3.20	0.69^***	0.18^***	0.51
PH		175.44	191.51	151.56	28.44	61.93^***	6.17^***	0.53
EH		80.71	70.93	91.84	23.19	27.87^***	10.29^***	0.41
EPO		0.46	0.52	0.45	0.19	0.0004	.0002	0.41
GY	Heat stress	3.46	4.58	2.55	2.57	0.35^***	0.25^***	0.38
SD		71.68	72.62	71.24	7.07	0.55^***	7.45^***	0.07
ASI		2.69	5.63	0.25	4.45	1.07^***	0.35^***	0.42
PH		149.13	153.13	144.07	29.04	15.14^***	42.45^***	0.17
EH		62.74	69.53	55.41	22.03	18.11^***	16.89^***	0.31
EPO		0.42	0.47	0.38	0.11	0.0004	.0002	0.32

^* = 0.05% significant, ^*** = 0.001% significant, σ² G Genotype variance, σ² GE Genotype x Environment variance, Max Maximum, Min Minimum, H² broad-sense heritability, LSD Least significant difference, GY Grain yield, AD Days to 50% anthesis, SD Days to 50% silking, ASI Anthesis-silking interval, PH Plant height, EH Ear height and EPO Ear position

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