INHERITANCE AND SELECTION OF QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS IN BURLEY TOBACCO. : I. Heritability and Genotypic Correlation in F₂ Generation of Three Varietal Crosses

Abstract

Heritability values for seven agronomic and chemical characters were low in each of three varietal crosses, indicating that the individual selection is not effective in early hybrid generations. Days to flower was correlated to total leaf number and total alkaloid content with high positive and negative values, respectively.