Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the seven root-related traits within the mapping population at V1, V2 and V3 stages

RDW(g)

V1

0.04

0.01

*

0.03

0.03

0.17

1.85

3.60

90.05

70.91

V2

0.06

0.03

**

0.05

0.03

0.20

1.37

2.58

59.01

69.34

V3

0.07

0.04

**

0.10

0.05

0.32

1.06

1.32

52.54

85.73

RDW/SDW

V1

0.87

0.38

ns

0.78

1.10

9.91

4.28

22.43

141.33

65.94

V2

0.48

0.38

**

0.33

0.19

2.28

3.66

26.67

58.90

50.22

V3

0.25

0.19

*

0.41

0.17

1.49

1.25

3.56

41.91

83.27

TRL(cm)

V1

73.79

36.86

***

55.31

25.19

147.89

0.68

0.68

45.55

98.81

V2

155.29

100.07

***

123.57

57.78

418.32

1.46

4.41

46.76

99.24

V3

216.63

107.19

***

249.96

121.00

521.61

0.44

-0.69

48.41

99.96

SUA (cm²)

V1

28.19

16.42

***

19.32

9.75

66.03

1.17

2.93

50.48

99.31

V2

40.69

35.71

***

40.17

22.12

134.38

1.44

2.88

55.07

94.73

V3

76.30

43.73

**

91.16

51.44

235.91

0.68

-0.28

56.43

97.89

ARD (mm)

V1

1.13

1.00

**

0.94

0.20

1.46

1.22

4.07

21.46

97.74

V2

2.31

1.16

***

1.12

0.25

2.32

2.43

11.89

22.52

88.49

V3

3.49

2.45

***

1.38

0.45

4.57

4.22

28.76

32.69

95.46

ROV (cm³)

V1

1.15

0.63

***

0.56

0.36

2.60

2.31

8.84

65.52

98.15

V2

2.88

0.84

***

1.13

0.73

4.38

1.29

1.91

64.32

96.66

V3

3.08

1.79

***

2.82

2.26

22.94

3.63

25.17

80.25

97.35

RBN

V1

51.33

28.33

***

45.66

26.57

126.00

0.67

0.03

58.19

99.28

V2

94.33

52.67

***

105.88

93.84

1051.00

6.33

59.19

88.64

99.79

V3

331.00

145.33

***

264.94

362.10

4518.00

9.39

107.55

136.67

99.89