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Table 1 Comparative effects of allelic variation at vrn-A1, VRN-B1, vrn-D3, and PPD-D1 on heading date

From: Genetic basis of the very short life cycle of ‘Apogee’ wheat

Gene

Allelea

No. plants

Heading date (days)

T-testb

vrn-A1

Apogee

192

36.8

a

H

528

43.3

b

Overland

138

82.5

c

VRN-B1

Apogee

228

42.5

a

H

409

46.1

b

Overland

221

57.9

c

vrn-D3

Apogee

221

44.5

a

H

425

47.5

a

Overland

212

53.4

b

PPD-D1

Apogee

247

45.5

a

H

400

48

a

Overland

211

51.8

b

  1. a Apogee homozygous Apogee allele, Overland homozygous Overland allele, H heterozygous alleles
  2. bValues followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05, and values followed by a different letter are significantly different at P < 0.05