Table 2 Means of morphological traits in parental genotypes and full-sib families of tall fescue at three harvests (spring, summer and autumn) during 2017–2020

Parental genotypes

2017

2018

2019

2020

Harvest

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

Spring

67.97^a

32.23^a

15.93^a

86.12^a

58.48^a

23.11^a

200.19^a

103.40^a

27.09^a

125.77^a

62.45^a

16.09^a

Summer

29.46^c

22.02^b

9.19^b

37.62^c

30.12^b

15.11^b

101.85^c

46.40^c

18.64^b

35.92^c

26.54^c

5.547^c

Autumn

43.28^b

29.79^ab

9.53^b

50.07^b

34.04^b

17.16^b

173.21^b

65.90^b

23.88^ab

55.91^b

45.26^b

10.38^b

Full-sib families

2017

2018

2019

2020

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

DFY (g/plant)

H (cm)

CD (cm)

Spring

104.51^a

48.28^a

16.01^a

426.28^a

76.92^a

25.53^a

471.02^a

117.20^a

34.72^a

215.96^a

85.07^a

22.34^a

Summer

57.37^b

38.53^b

9.05^b

140.90^c

39.20^c

17.47^b

188.53^c

54.92^c

25.52^b

57.04^c

34.78^c

10.60^c

Autumn

63.54^b

42.34^b

11.50^b

222.49^b

53.24^b

19.28^b

311.14^b

80.62^b

31.95^ab

106.80^b

64.70^b

16.69^b