Research Article

Analysis of Direct and Indirect Selection and Indices in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Segregating Progeny

Table 4

Means of the measured traits for 20 F4 bread wheat populations.

PopulationCHLHDFLAPHSNTKWSWGNBIOGYHI

Acsad901  × Mahon-Demias43.0126.020.173.7448.338.6634.022.01135.0379.233.4
Acsad901  × Rmada44.5125.219.960.8442.434.6633.628.11049.7425.540.5
Acsad901  × Hidhab42.5125.919.865.7426.733.4616.723.01098.3325.529.6
Acsad901  × El-Wifak45.1124.920.470.4467.333.2684.330.41149.0460.440.1
Acsad899  × Mahon-Demias43.7125.716.970.8476.036.4626.020.51151.7366.831.9
Acsad899  × Rmada43.4125.016.659.5479.737.8625.720.01032.7368.835.7
Acsad899  × Hidhab44.4126.918.256.6406.035.0598.022.8997.0336.033.7
Acsad899  × El-Wifak45.4125.018.163.1414.735.5566.724.2965.7357.737.0
Acsad1135  × Mahon-Demias41.6126.117.068.1456.739.8604.021.01073.7383.435.7
Acsad1135  × Rmada42.2125.216.861.5503.736.9685.324.01113.7440.439.6
Acsad1135  × Hidhab41.5127.017.568.8477.039.5744.723.21268.7450.935.5
Acsad1135  × El-Wifak45.5125.217.064.6397.034.6489.322.1879.0309.935.3
Acsad1069  × Mahon-Demias43.8125.818.275.2439.039.2623.321.71193.7371.331.1
Acsad1069  × Rmada44.2125.017.361.7414.734.8581.024.5961.7360.837.5
Acsad1069  × Hidhab46.7125.918.560.5411.335.0617.026.6976.7395.340.5
Acsad1069  × El-Wifak54.0125.018.466.5423.334.6611.027.9994.0403.340.6
Ain Abid × Mahon-Demias42.0127.720.072.7454.738.8747.327.21286.7481.837.5
Ain Abid × Rmada40.3126.320.565.8435.736.5699.328.21171.7458.139.1
Ain Abid × Hidhab43.2127.821.060.2405.036.8693.330.41130.7462.840.9
Ain Abid × El-Wifak43.6126.920.365.1469.337.7857.331.51350.3557.541.3

Parents Range39.1125.08.753.0270.030.0320.09.7530.0185.014.1
52.2132.039.182.0800.049.01260.039.42330.0809.063.6

F4 Range33.4124.07.642.080.019.080.09.3150.043.012.6
53.8136.036.4100.0850.051.01480.056.82420.0921.070.0

LSD0.054.81.46.36.7119.74.5235.26.8353.2185.19.9

CHL: chlorophyll content (Spad), HD: heading date (days), FLA: flag leaf area (cm2), PH: plant height (cm), SN: number of spikes, TKW: 1000-kernel weight (g), SW: spikes weight (g m−2), GN: number of grains per spike, BIO: above ground biomass (g m−2), GY: grain yield (g m−2), and HI: harvest index (%).