Significant progressive heterobeltiosis in banana crossbreeding

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Bunch weight (mean ± standard error), genetic distances, yield potential (mean ± standard error), and parent (primary tetraploid hybrid) plus matooke grandparent (triploid) heterobeltiosis for NARITA cultivars

NARITAs	Bunch weight ± SE (kg)	Genetic distance (Parents)	Genetic distance (NARITA: Grandparent)	Yield potential ± SE (t ha ^− 1 year ^− 1)	Parent Heterobeltiosis (%)	Grandparent Heterobeltiosis (%)
NARITA 17	29.0 ± 1.5	–	0.4	35.6 ± 2.0	136	249
26666S-1	26.1 ± 1.8	0.9	0.4	28.9 ± 1.2	85	229
NARITA 9	23.8 ± 2.2	0.9	0.6	31.3 ± 3.1	69	201
NARITA 22	23.3 ± 1.9	0.9	0.6	31.8 ± 2.3	65	194
26874S-5	22.6 ± 2.3	–	0.4	27.5 ± 2.8	60	186
26787S-1	22.6 ± 1.7	0.9	–	31.1 ± 2.2	60	185
NARITA 23	29.3 ± 2.5	0.8	0.5	35.0 ± 2.1	173	173
NARITA 14	20.7 ± 2.0	0.9	0.4	27.4 ± 3.1	47	162
NARITA 8	20.3 ± 1.8	0.9	0.5	22.2 ± 1.9	44	157
26337S-11B	27.6 ± 2.6	0.7	0.4	29.2 ± 2.2	63	152
NARITA 4	18.7 ± 1.7	0.9	0.4	23.1 ± 2.1	9	136
NARITA 3	18.7 ± 1.6	0.9	0.3	20.7 ± 1.9	32	136
NARITA 1	18.5 ± 1.7	0.9	0.3	20.1 ± 2.0	31	134
NARITA 2	17.8 ± 1.2	0.9	0.4	24.5 ± 1.9	83	114
NARITA 10	16.7 ± 2.0	0.9	0.6	21.0 ± 2.5	18	111
25974S-19	16.7 ± 1.0	0.9	0.5	24.7 ± 1.1	18	111
NARITA 5	15.6 ± 1.2	0.9	0.3	17.4 ± 1.5	11	97
29792S-14	15.6 ± 2.0	0.8	–	23.0 ± 3.1	11	97
26316S-7	21.4 ± 0.8	0.8	0.4	33.6 ± 1.0	27	96
NARITA 16	15.5 ± 1.7	0.9	0.5	17.6 ± 1.4	10	96
NARITA 13	21.0 ± 1.6	0.8	0.5	30.7 ± 2.5	25	92
NARITA 21	20.2 ± 3.1	0.9	0.4	27.0 ± 3.8	20	84
NARITA 15	14.5 ± 0.9	0.9	0.6	18.2 ± 1.2	−15	84
NARITA 18	28.6 ± 2.0	0.2	0.5	34.4 ± 1.7	129	83
NARITA 7	19.4 ± 2.1	0.7	0.5	19.6 ± 1.7	15	77
NARITA 20	14.3 ± 2.9	0.2	0.5	19.5 ± 4.2	72	72
NARITA 12	18.1 ± 1.1	0.8	0.4	24.2 ± 1.5	7	65
NARITA 11	16.6 ± 0.9	0.8	0.4	23.0 ± 1.6	−1.5	52
29285S-20	16.2 ± 1.7	0.8	0.5	22.9 ± 2.7	−4	48
NARITA 6	18.5 ± 1.2	0.9	0.5	23.2 ± 1.5	124	31
NARITA 19	11.1 ± 1.2	0.5	0.5	14.7 ± 1.5	−34	1

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