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Table 2 Broad sense heritability and genetic correlations for nodal root angle between the experimental runs of the BC-NAM population and the advanced hybrids

From: Development of a phenotyping platform for high throughput screening of nodal root angle in sorghum

Pairs of experiments

Run number

Number of genotypes

Mean root angle

(degree)

Heritability

(%)

(from spatial analysis)

Heritability

(%)

(from non-spatial analysis)

Percentage of common genotypes

(genotypic overlap)

Correlation between runs

BC-NAM population

1

2

199

242

23.6

25.9

77

93

55

89

20

0.94

BC-NAM population

3

4

242

242

26.5

26.0

95

91

85

78

10

0.70

Advanced hybrids

5

6

339

339

27.3

27.2

94

96

93

94

15

0.96