Table 7 Cluster mean for the traits and their contribution to the total variation.

Stem thickness (mm)

4.15

3.71

4.59

3.98

4.00

4.62

4.28

Days to 1st flowering

114.98

119.78

108.33

111.53

113.67

118.00

113.33

Flag leaf length (cm)

47.17

43.63

46.68

54.21

42.80

40.84

49.62

Flag leaf breath (cm)

0.77

0.79

0.84

0.80

0.76

0.79

0.84

Flag leaf area (cm²)

27.16

25.76

29.20

32.42

24.53

24.21

31.13

Days to 50% flowering

119.79

125.67

114.17

116.67

119.33

126.33

117.50

Days to maturity

151.69

158.69

146.57

149.04

151.73

160.60

149.50

Plant height (cm)

131.44

110.57

135.60

131.21

134.43

122.77

124.03

Productive tillers Plant⁻¹

9.56

12.60

9.73

11.20

9.37

8.77

10.23

Panicle length (cm)

25.76

25.80

26.64

27.26

24.34

25.19

26.79

Filled grains Panicle⁻¹

207.15

139.80

161.83

145.06

198.90

252.07

129.50

Spikelet fertility (%)

87.86

83.36

89.90

88.03

87.03

79.89

90.92

1000-grain weights (g)

15.65

19.19

18.22

19.84

13.02

16.31

22.50

Grain length (mm)

6.41

8.93

8.12

7.67

6.08

5.95

9.04

Grain breadth (mm)

2.41

2.32

2.29

2.45

2.19

2.87

2.42

Grain length/breadth ratio

2.67

3.89

3.54

3.13

2.78

2.08

3.74

Decorticated grain length (mm)

4.60

6.17

6.15

5.35

4.29

4.17

6.97

Decorticated grain breadth (mm)

2.20

2.07

2.16

2.29

2.09

2.33

2.10

Decorticated grain length/breadth ratio

2.11

3.00

2.85

2.33

2.05

1.79

3.32

Biological yield (g Plant⁻¹)

31.71

33.30

34.31

36.73

32.71

34.96

31.97

Grain yield (g Plant⁻¹)

12.12

14.12

14.83

13.72

11.74

11.65

12.57

Harvest index (%)

31.57

32.96

36.40

30.81

28.51

28.70

33.89

Grain yield (kg ha⁻¹)

2029.38

1715.56

2621.67

1799.00

2378.33

1853.33

3011.67

No. of traits with the highest mean

0

3

7

4

0

3

6