COMPARISON OF PREDICTED AND OBSERVED RESPONSES TO SELECTION FOR YIELD IN WHEAT
- 1 May 1971
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Plant Science
- Vol. 51 (3) , 187-192
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjps71-038
Abstract
A simple method of calculating standard errors of heritability estimates is presented. The method is then used to conclude that observed response to selection for yield in five different populations of common wheat, Triticum aestivum L., agreed with the response predicted by multiplying estimates of heritability by the selection differential. It is suggested that a comparison of observed and predicted responses is not the best way to test the theory used in predicting response to selection.Keywords
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