Table 2 Average values of the characters measured for R and S F₃BC₇ in the field experiment

Characters	Effects					GenotypePlanting*
	Density	Planting	Genotype	GD*	GP*	R	R	S	S
						Pure	Mixed	Pure	Mixed
No. of tillers, 48 DAE	NS	NS	NS	NS	^**	2.58b	3.07a	2.83ab	2.20c
No. of leaves, 48 DAE	NS	NS	^**	NS	^*	8.75b	8.95a	8.70b	8.37c
Height main stem, 48 DAE (cm)	^**	^***	^*	NS	^*	23.1a	21.9b	22.9a	19.7c
Flowering time (DAE)	NS	NS	^**	NS	^***	85.8b	81.1c	84.3b	87.7a
No. of leaves at flowering	NS	NS	^*	NS	^**	18.3ab	16.9c	17.9b	18.6a
Height main stem at maturity (cm)	NS	NS	^**	NS	^**	130a	116b	131a	135a
Length flag leaf (cm)	^**	^***	^*	^**	NS	25.9a	28.4a	27.3a	31.4a
Width flag leaf (cm)	^***	^***	NS	NS	NS	17.3b	20.3a	17.9b	19.4a
Length main ear (cm)	^*	^**	NS	NS	^**	20.2b	20.2b	18.9c	22.6a
No. of secondary tillers	^**	^*	^***	NS	^***	3.14b	4.42a	2.93b	2.46c
Total grain no./plant	^**	NS	^**	NS	NS	9450a	9440a	7780b	7480b
Total weight grain/plant (g)	^**	NS	NS	NS	NS	27.4a	26.4a	24.4a	24.4a
Dry biomass (except ears) (g)	^**	NS	NS	NS	NS	28.7a	28.4a	28.0a	28.2a
1000-grain weight (g)	NS	NS	^***	NS	^***	2.90bc	2.81c	3.10ab	3.25a
Grains per g of dry biomass	^*	NS	^***	^***	NS	316a	322a	275b	257b

DAE: days after emergence; NS, ^*, ^** and ^***: F test not significant and significant at P<0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively; Different letters within a line for genotype × planting effect indicate significantly different values at P<0.05.

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