Table 1 Comparison of ear traits between Zheng58 × lx9801 and Zheng58 × lx9801^hlEW2b in six environments

Ear width (mm)

E1

50.71±1.00

52.70±1.30**

1.17E-03

3.92%

E2

46.16±0.96

47.64±1.32*

1.04E-02

3.21%

E3

51.24±0.65

53.08±1.11***

2.65E-04

3.59%

E4

50.09±1.43

53.12±1.26***

8.62E-05

6.00%

E5

51.18±1.50

55.49±1.23***

6.43E-07

8.43%

E6

52.22±1.61

56.47±1.45***

5.21E-07

8.14%

Average

50.27±1.19

53.08±1.28**

1.99E-03

5.55%

Axile width (mm)

E1

29.07±0.37

31.67±0.24*

2.90E-02

8.94%

E2

33.80±1.23

34.33±0.97*

4.24E-02

1.57%

E3

33.49±1.41

35.36±2.09*

1.70E-02

5.58%

E4

33.46±1.58

34.52±1.08*

4.04E-02

3.17%

E5

31.56±1.03

32.33±0.94

3.90E-01

2.44%

E6

32.93±1.16

35.44±1.25**

4.39E-03

7.62%

Average

32.39±1.13

33.94±1.10

8.72E-02

4.89%

Ear length (cm)

E1

19.18±0.77

19.25±0.78

8.43E-01

0.30%

E2

18.56±1.14

19.10±0.75

2.27E-01

2.90%

E3

19.44±0.85

18.86±1.30

9.14E-02

-2.98%

E4

18.35±1.49

17.58±0.93

1.83E-01

-4.19%

E5

17.24±1.20

17.90±0.96

7.50E-02

3.80%

E6

16.99±1.24

17.27±0.73

6.38E-01

1.60%

Average

18.29±1.12

18.33±0.91

3.43E-01

0.24%

Kernel row number

E1

13.80±1.48

14.40±0.84

2.79E-01

4.35%

E2

13.60±1.26

13.40±1.65

7.64E-01

-1.46%

E3

13.40±1.65

13.20±1.40

7.73E-01

-1.40%

E4

12.80±1.03

13.20±1.03

3.98E-01

3.13%

E5

13.11±1.45

13.79±1.03

2.76E-01

5.20%

E6

13.71±1.36

14.51±1.33

4.54E-01

5.85%

Average

13.40±1.37

13.75±1.21

4.91E-01

2.61%

Kernel number per row

E1

36.00±3.02

34.60±1.65

2.14E-01

-3.80%

E2

38.70±1.16

37.20±2.35

8.68E-02

-3.80%

E3

38.70±1.89

37.30±2.36

1.60E-01

-3.61%

E4

37.20±1.99

38.40±2.01

1.96E-01

3.23%

E5

36.69±2.91

37.76±2.08

9.91E-02

2.90%

E6

36.46±2.58

35.20±2.90

7.76E-02

-2.60%

Average

37.29±2.26

36.74±2.23

1.39E-01

-1.28%

Ear weight (g)

E1

181.00±22.35

204.00±10.75**

8.87E-03

12.70%

E2

118.93±5.79

125.45±6.38*

2.78E-02

5.49%

E3

211.00±13.70

225.00±14.34*

3.85E-02

6.64%

E4

195.00±13.54

216.00±24.13*

2.74E-02

10.77%

E5

169.67±10.29

189.62±14.32**

6.07E-03

10.20%

E6

201.97±11.62

212.35±8.80*

1.70E-02

5.14%

Average

179.44±12.88

195.40±13.12*

2.09E-02

8.03%