International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment

Table 5

Most divergent populations according to variation along with the first and the second principal components.


Character^†	High seed yield population			Low seed yield population
Character^†	CW 0002/58	Fulvia	Genziana	Mosty × 885.263	Rhea × Peniarth	Terra

HT (days from 1 April)	18	34	30	45	45	44
MT (days from 1 April)	78	78	78	84	84	84
FP (days)	60	44	48	39	39	40
FOS (% d.w.)	5.2	2.4	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.7
PH (cm)	120	130	130	140	150	140
SY (g m⁻²)	520	470	554	150	244	184
HI (%)	29	38	43	13	8	5
ST (kg hL⁻¹)	38	41	46	48	52	50
NP/m² (no. m⁻²)	54	54	48	60	60	60
NPa/m² (no. m⁻²)	540	882	768	456	438	570
SW/Pa (g)	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.3	0.4
NS/Pa (no.)	91	75	100	81	20	22
TSW (g)	31	28	31	14	14	15

^†HT: days to heading, MT: days to maturity, FP: filling period, FOS: FOS content, PH: plant height, SY: seed yield, HI: harvest index, ST: seed test, NP/m²: number of plants per m², NPa/m²: number of panicles per m², SW/Pa: seed weight per panicle, NS/Pa: number of seeds per panicle, TSW: thousand seed weight.