Additional file 4: Analysis of variance table for upland well-watered experiments including means of parents and progenies and P values. Trait name Days to 50% flowering First emergence (DS2013) Full emergence (DS2013) Grain yield (kg ha-1) Plant height (cm) Shoot biomass (kg ha-1) Number of tiller m-2 at harvest Number of panicle m-2 at harvest Harvest index Panicle length at harvest (cm) Spikelet fertility (Percentage by weight) Weight of 1000 grains (g) Stem thickness Stem strength Dry weight per plant Fresh weight per plant Mean Progeny Moroberekan 92 95 5 7 8 11 3223 953 89 106 8165 4687 262 126 227 99 0.35 0.30 21 23 95 95 21 32 4 6 19 27 207 174 354 277 Swarna 98 5 7 4591 77 7673 302 275 0.39 20 95 20 3 14 170 266 Pa **** **** **** **** **** ** *** *** ** **** NS **** **** **** **** **** NS: Non-significant, a: probability of difference between genotypes *, **, ***, **** significant at 5, 1, 0.1, 0.01% P levels, respectively