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Table 2. Descriptive statistics for studied traits in pearl millet.

Trait	Mean	Range	S.Em	CD @ 5%	CV%
Days to 50% flowering	54.69	34.00 (IC-370523)–77.00 (ICMR 07999)	1.73	4.91	4.46
Plant height (cm)	149.42	110.10 (ICMR 06555)–205.35 (IC-332715)	5.58	15.87	5.28
Head diameter (cm)	1.53	1.03 (ICMR 10999)–2.15 (ICMR 09333)	0.12	0.33	10.75
Panicle length (cm)	24.03	15.55 (ICMR 11888)–38.05 (IC-332716)	1.39	3.96	8.2
Productive tillers per plant	4.80	2.65 (ICMR 08222, ICMR 11999)–7.60 (IC-370523)	0.33	0.94	9.7
Grain yield per plant	29.54	15.85 (ICMR 07222)–56.75 (Nandi 75)	3.9	11.1	18.67
Days to maturity	85.64	80.50 (ICMR 12333)–89.00 (ICMR 08999, ICMR 07777)	5.82	16.57	9.71
1000 grain weight	7.14	4.93 (ICMR 06888)–10.45 (ICMR 06555)	0.23	0.65	4.51
Protein content (%)	13.73	8.26 (AICRP-PM-12)–20.06 (ICMR 12555)	0.59	1.68	6.12
Lipid content (%)	4.68	2.72 (ICMR 06999)–6.95 (ICMR 08444)	0.16	0.46	4.89
Iron content (ppm)	49.69	31.58 (ICMR 07777)–77.38 (ICMR 08666)	2.89	8.22	8.23
Zinc content (ppm)	39.36	29.34 (ICMR 08111)–55.48 (IC 139903)	2.65	7.53	9.5
Manganese content (ppm)	14.04	7.20 (ICMR 07222)–17.63 (ICMR 08444)	0.89	2.53	8.94
Calcium content (ppm)	199.31	100.00 (ICMR 10222)–256.00 (ICMR 12888)	12.9	36.69	9.15
Copper content (ppm)	9.86	4.92 (AICRP-PM- 6)–22.59 (GHB 558)	0.52	1.49	7.52
Potassium content (ppm)	4798	1,800 (ICMR 07222)–6,020 (ICMR 10999)	2.69	7.67	7.94
Phosphorus content (ppm)	3112	2,258 (AICRP-PM-62)–3,672 (ICMR 08666)	1.6	4.54	7.25
Phytate content (mg/100 g)	282.39	201.5 (ICMR 08111)–542.5 (GHB 558)	16.45	46.8	8.24
Total phenolic acid (mg/100 g)	60.26	75.16 (ICMR 12555)–44.41 (Nandi 75)	4.28	12.17	10.04

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