Estimation of Breeding Parameters from Phenotypic Data of F4:5 RIL in Ethiopian Malt Barley (Hordeum distichum L.) Breeding Population

Table 5

Mean, minimum and maximum values estimated from 30 F4:5 RIL per cross based on 30 crosses tested across two environments.

	DH	DM	PH	TKW	ME	FR	GPC	BG
Min	74.64	126.50	75.09	35.16	79.76	52.40	10.52	317.40
Max	88.76	139.60	102.50	58.16	81.39	76.17	12.13	430.00
Mean	81.20	133.10	91.51	46.88	80.68	66.65	11.21	363.40
SD	2.47	1.99	3.49	2.74	0.24	0.23	2.96	15.55
SE	0.08	0.07	0.12	0.09	0.01	0.01	0.10	0.52
LSD	0.163	0.143	0.25	0.184	0.02	0.02	0.204	1.06

DH = days to heading, DM = days to maturity, PH = plant height, TKW = thousand kernel weight, ME = malt extract, FR = friability, GPC = gain protein concentration, BG = beta-glucan, SD = standard deviation, SE = standard error of RIL means.