J. Ivezic et al., COMPONENTS OF THE PHENOTYPIC VARIABILITY OF MORPHO-ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WHEAT FLAG LEAF, Cereal Research Communications, 24(4), 1996, pp. 433-439
Leaf blade area, blade thickness (on vein and between veins), thicknes
s of mesophyll, cell size (height, width) of the photosynthetic tissue
, and size (height, width) of vascular bundles were examined in thirty
wheat genotypes of different geographical origin. Significant differe
nces among genotype were obtained in all the means characteristics und
er consideration. Calculated values of the variance components (sigma(
2)g, sigma(2)e, sigma(2)f), variation coefficient, and heritability sh
ow the importance of the genetic variance in blade area and height of
cells of the photosynthetic tissue while the role of the ecological va
riance is more evident in the expression of other traits.