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An investigation of genotype-environment interactions for rate of ear emergence in spring barley

An investigation of genotype-environment interactions for rate of ear emergence in spring barley HEREDITY VOLUME 26 PART 2 APRIL 1971 AN INVESTIGATION OF GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS FOR RATE OF EAR EMERGENCE IN SPRING BARLEY R. S. PARODA* and J. D. HAYES Department of Agricultural Botany, University College of Wales and Welsh Plant Breeding Station Aberystwyth Received 21 .iii.70 1. INTRODUCTION Tux application of statistical theory to inheritance studies of quantitative characters has in many cases led to a better understanding of the genetic systems involved. Statistical techniques are commonly used which enable breeders to test for epistasis and to obtain precise and unbiased estimates of the additive and dominance components of genetic variation. However, genotype-environment interactions create difficulties in interpreting results from experiments carried out in different environments and often lead to inaccurate and biased estimates of additive and non-additive components of genetic variation. It is only in recent years that methods have been developed to detect and estimate the magnitude of genotype-environment interactions (Finlay and Wilkinson, 1963; Eberhart and Russell, 1966; Bucio Alanis, 1966; Bucio Alanis and Hill, 1966; Perkins and Jinks, 1968a, b; Bucio Alanis et al., 1969). The development of these analytical techniques first proposed by Yates and Cochran (1938) provide excellent tools by which results from large numbers of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Heredity Springer Journals

An investigation of genotype-environment interactions for rate of ear emergence in spring barley

Paroda, R S; Hayes, J D
Heredity , Volume 26 (2) – Apr 1, 1971
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1971 by The Genetical Society of Great Britain
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Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Human Genetics; Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Cytogenetics; Plant Genetics and Genomics
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0018-067X
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1365-2540
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10.1038/hdy.1971.23
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HEREDITY VOLUME 26 PART 2 APRIL 1971 AN INVESTIGATION OF GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS FOR RATE OF EAR EMERGENCE IN SPRING BARLEY R. S. PARODA* and J. D. HAYES Department of Agricultural Botany, University College of Wales and Welsh Plant Breeding Station Aberystwyth Received 21 .iii.70 1. INTRODUCTION Tux application of statistical theory to inheritance studies of quantitative characters has in many cases led to a better understanding of the genetic systems involved. Statistical techniques are commonly used which enable breeders to test for epistasis and to obtain precise and unbiased estimates of the additive and dominance components of genetic variation. However, genotype-environment interactions create difficulties in interpreting results from experiments carried out in different environments and often lead to inaccurate and biased estimates of additive and non-additive components of genetic variation. It is only in recent years that methods have been developed to detect and estimate the magnitude of genotype-environment interactions (Finlay and Wilkinson, 1963; Eberhart and Russell, 1966; Bucio Alanis, 1966; Bucio Alanis and Hill, 1966; Perkins and Jinks, 1968a, b; Bucio Alanis et al., 1969). The development of these analytical techniques first proposed by Yates and Cochran (1938) provide excellent tools by which results from large numbers of

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