Table 1

Phenotypic means for three quality-related traits across five environments. A "+" denotes that a DNA fragment of a given candidate gene has been obtained from a given line.

Line
Alias
NDF
IVDOM
DNDF
C4H
4CL1
4CL2
CAD
C3H
F5H

F_AS01
F7
58.00
74.47
60.34
+

+
+
+

F_AS02
F2
52.74
74.62
56.17
+
+
+
+
+

F_AS03
Ep1
50.33
76.85
59.26
+
+
+
+
+

F_AS04

50.79
77.28
59.57
+
+
+
+
+

F_AS05

54.17
74.89
57.43
+

+
+
+

F_AS06

53.21
76.03
57.52
+
+
+
+
+

F_AS07

50.38
77.98
59.48
+

+
+
+

D_AS08

60.99
69.05
53.08
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS09

54.60
72.26
53.00
+
+
+
+
+
+
D_AS10

51.89
74.27
54.59
+
+
+
+
+
+
D_AS11

57.08
70.10
52.21
+
+
+
+
+
+
F_AS12

57.91
74.32
58.94
+
+
+

+
+
F_AS13

57.29
74.99
59.01
+
+
+
+
+
+
F_AS14

56.16
72.05
54.41
+

+
+
+
+
F_AS15

55.47
73.12
55.81
+
+
+
+
+
+
F_AS16

53.02
76.21
59.56
+
+

+
+
+
F_AS17

61.23
69.78
54.10
+
+
+
+

+
F_AS18

61.43
67.95
52.18
+
+
+
+

+
F_AS19

59.68
72.45
57.86
+

+
+

+
F_AS20

52.38
72.83
54.17
+

+
+

+
F_AS21

51.28
76.37
57.83
+
+
+
+

+
F_AS22

52.39
73.02
53.03
+

+
+

+
F_AS23

57.26
74.2
58.34
+
+
+
+

+
F_AS24

51.50
77.92
60.99
+
+
+
+

+
D_AS25

52.92
76.65
59.41
+

+
+
+

D_AS26

52.17
76.88
58.85
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS27

56.79
75.11
60.43
+
+

+
+

D_AS28

61.01
67.23
49.59
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS29

57.96
74.49
60.16
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS30

60.89
69.08
52.27
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS31

63.03
71.00
58.40
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS32

57.99
68.51
50.32
+
+
+
+
+

D_AS33

56.14
71.56
53.02
+


+


D_AS34

61.45
68.56
50.69
+
+

+


D_AS35

56.68
76.06
60.95
+
+
+
+


D_AS36

56.24
69.38
50.20
+
+
+
+


D_AS37

59.73
72.64
58.03
+


+


F_AS38

58.26
73.75
58.34
+


+


D_AS39
F288
58.50
74.22
59.98
+

+



F_AS40
F4
59.02
73.92
59.10
+

+
+


Phenotypic means










Overall

56.25
73.30
56.47






Flint

55.18
74.32
57.43






Dent

57.56
72.06
55.29







Flint- and Dent lines are denoted by F_ and D_ prefixes, respectively.

NDF: neutral detergent fiber; IVDOM: in vitro digestibility of organic matter; DNDF: digestibility of neutral detergent fiber; C4H: cinnamate 4-hydroxylase; 4CL: 4-coumarate:CoA ligase; CAD: cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase;C3H: p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase; F5H: ferulate 5-hydroxylase.

Andersen et al. BMC Plant Biology 2008 8:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-8-2