Section outline

    • Vallejo & Estrada (2013), chapters 9 and 10.

      Chapter 9

      • Continuous/discrete variation
      • Components of phenotypic variance and their relationship to selection
      • Estimation of genetic and environmental variance
      • Heritability coefficient and expected progress through selection
      • Selection intensity
      • Phenotypic model of means 

      Chapter 10

      • Estimation of the Components of Genetic Variance 

    • Paper 

      Makinde, O. (2016). Phenotypic analysis of seed yield and yield components in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L., Walp). Plant Breeding and Biotechnology.