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Heritability of cut-flower vase longevity in Gerbera

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Estimates of broad-sense heritability for cut-flower vase longevity were 36 and 46 percent for a sample of Gerbera clones. Estimates of narrow-sense heritability for vase longevity were 0, 24 and 38 percent over 3 generations of the Davis Population. Response to selection for this character in this population is expected to be slow.

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  1. Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    James Harding, Thomas Byrne & Robert L. Nelson

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Harding, J., Byrne, T. & Nelson, R.L. Heritability of cut-flower vase longevity in Gerbera. Euphytica 30, 653–657 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00038793

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