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

Table 3

One-way ANOVA for 12 morphometric traits measured on 913 plants in nine breeding populations of S. bigelovii Torr. under field conditions in 2001-2002 growing season (all F values are significant, 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).
TraitVariance due to populationsError varianceF value
(1) Plant height (cm)10,005.9915.310.9
(2) Plant dry weight (g)418.935.211.9
(3) Height of lowest spike (cm)527.638.413.7
(4) Spike length (cm)18.43.465.3
(5) Spike weight (mg)0.10.017.7
(6) Spikes plant−11,632.7557.212.9
(7) Seed weight plant−1 (g)38.90.7850.1
(8) Number of sees (spike segment)−17.10.6610.7
(9) Number of seeds spike−12,067.6128.216.1
(10) Number of seeds g−1355,758.215,574.522.8
(11) Spike fertility (%)1,674.0165.210.1
(12) Harvest index (%)326.03.04107.2