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• ABSTRACT Complex quantitative traits of plants as measured on collections of genotypes across multiple environments are the outcome of processes that depend in intricate ways on genotype and environment simultaneously. (Boer et al., 2007)
• However, its analysis is traditionally intricate, unforgiving of unplanned missing information, and highly sensitive to imbalance, making the diallel unapproachable to many geneticists. (Lenarcic et al., 2012)
• It will be tempting to infer intricate (and incorrect) biological mechanisms to explain patterns that emerge following data analyses. (Luikart et al., 2003)
• The intricate relationship among reproductive phenology, reproductive output and inbreeding depression could explain the observed difference in outcrossing rate among these three species. (El-Kassaby, 1992)