Table 3.

ANOVA for biometric and resistance traits of the F₅ population shows the significant variation in the treatment

Source	df	Mean. Sq
		DFF	PH	PL	NPT	SPY	TGW
Treatment (ignoring Blocks)	57	287.16**	585.59**	11.47**	47.76**	142.46**	16.83**
Treatment: Check	6	536.26**	829.78**	58.70**	183.05**	301.23**	78.15**
Treatment: Test	50	146.62**	305.26**	4.34*	32.47**	113.47**	6.94**
Treatment: Test vs. Check	1	5819.51**	13,137.21**	84.13**	0.75 ns	639.71**	143.04**
Block (eliminating Treatments)	4	0.74 ns	1.53 ns	1.33 ns	0.43 ns	10.44 ns	0.50 ns
Residuals	24	2.29	18.66	1.86	2.76	28.44	0.37

ⁿˢP  > 0.05; *P  <  = 0.05; **P  <  = 0.01

df Degrees of freedom, DFF Days to 50% flowering, PH Plant Height, PL Panicle Length, NPT Number of Productive Tillers, SPY Single Plant Yield, TGW 1000 grain weight