Fig. 6

Selecting individuals with earlier flowering and shorter plant stature than Zhengdan958. A Scatter plot of flowering time and plant height of selected individuals. The red dots indicate the earlier flowering, shorter (early and short) version of Zhengdan958, and the blue dots indicate the late and tall version. The black vertical and horizontal lines indicate flowering time (days to tassel) and plant height (cm) of Zhengdan958. The proportion of individuals selected by TOP as early & short compared to Zhengdan958 is indicated by the percentage before the slash in red, and late & tall in blue, and the proportion of individuals selected randomly after the slash in both cases. B. The global similarity between selected individuals and Zhengdan958. The similarity measurement excluded days to tassel and plant height. Three selection scenarios, early and short, late and tall, and original version of Zhengdan958, were compared with randomly selected individuals based on Student’s t test