Variation, Heritability and Response to Selection in Natural Populations of Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyrisL.)

摘要

AbstractTen natural populations of caper spurge (Euphoria lathyrisL.) were evaluated in two greenhouse experiments. It appeared that the ‘between population’ component of variance predominated for most characters. Heritability values Fit into the general picture of seed oil‐containing wild species. From estimates of response to selection it is concluded that for developing caper its genetic‐ base has to be br