Table 3 Top ranking cultivars with desirable characteristics.

Kola Joha

Days to 1st flowering*, days to 50% flowering*, days to maturity*, 1000-grain weights (g), biological yield (g Plant⁻¹)

Soru Joha (Tinsukia)

Flag leaf breath (cm), decorticated grain length (mm), decorticated grain length/breadth ratio, grain yield (kg ha⁻¹)

Ronga Joha

Flag leaf area (cm²), grain yield (g Plant⁻¹)

Keteki Joha

Plant height (cm)**, productive tillers Plant⁻¹

Kon Joha-5

Filled grains Panicle⁻¹, grain breadth (mm)

Kon Joha-2

Stem thickness (mm), decorticated grain breadth (mm)

Kon Joha (Teok)

Flag leaf length (cm)

Jeera Joha

Spikelet fertility (%)

Kon Joha-3

Grain length (mm)

Local Joha

Grain length/breadth ratio

Joha (Bihpuria)

Harvest index (%)