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The Dwarf Saltwort (Salicornia bigelovii Torr.): Evaluation of Breeding Populations

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for 12 morphometric traits measured on 913 plants of nine breeding populations of S. bigelovii Torr. under field conditions during the 2001-2002 growing seasons.
TraitMeanMin-MaxC.V. (%)
(1) Plant height (cm)55.838.5–75.433
(2) Plant dry weight (g)52.136.1–69.013
(3) Height of lowest spike (cm)20.25.0–48.237
(4) Spike length (cm)6.73.5–14.530
(5) Spike weight (mg)0.30.11–0.7845
(6) Spikes plant−1105.045.0–200.023
(7) Seed weight plant−1 (g)3.10.82–6.547
(8) Number of seeds (spike segment)−11.80.2–4.451
(9) Number of seeds spike−128.110.0–82.049
(10) Number of seeds g−11,001.0653–1,21717
(11) Spike fertility (%)31.88.0–72.047
(12) Harvest index (%)6.11.12–18.561