Table 3: Variation among population sources component of genetic variation and narrow sense heritability for seasonal biomass production estimated based on half-sib progeny performance under 1-cut systems (2010-2011).

Source of variation All data ARK OKN OKS TX
Test of fixed effect
Year ** ** ** ** **
Component of variation
Source 0.05 0 - - -
Half-sib progenies/Source 0.08** 0.07* 0.12* 0.09* 0.04*
Year × Source 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Year × Half-sib progeny/Source 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Within Family 0.42** 0.42** 0.46** 0.41** 0.40**
Heritability 0.95 0.55 0.83 0.72 0.36

*Significant at the 0.05 probability level; **Significant at the 0.01 probability level.