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4.1 Heritability Study Objectives<br />

4.0 HERITABILITY STUDY<br />

The first objective of the heritability study was to estimate heritability of<br />

differences among genotypes for green seed coat colour. The other objectives were<br />

estimating the range of colour phenotypes to determine if selection will be effective<br />

using existing germplasm.<br />

4.2 Materials and Methods<br />

4.2.1 Experimental Setup<br />

The heritability study started in 2005 and was repeated in 2006. The plant<br />

material that was used was a cross between two green lentil lines. Both lines were<br />

specifically chosen to be parents. Agronomically they were similar in most<br />

characters like maturity, and seed weight and would fit into the medium size green<br />

lentil market class. Line 1294M-23 was the parent that had the more desirable<br />

green seed coat colour. 1048-8R was the parent that had a less desirable green seed<br />

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