Table 2.
Variations of agronomic traits among five cluster groups
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| Cluster group | No. of varieties | Panicle weight (g) | Culm weight (g) | Total Weight (g) | P/CLa | Panicle length (cm) | Culm length (cm) | Total length (cm) | No. of panicles | No. of seeds | No. of fertile seeds | No. of sterile seeds | Ratio of fertile seeds (%) | Days to heading |
| A | 18 | 25.1 ab | 23.0 d | 48.1 c | 0.52 a | 22.2 a | 92.7 b | 114.9 b | 8.1 b | 165.1 a | 126.3 a | 38.8 a | 77.0 a | 96 c |
| B | 5 | 17.3 c | 42.1 b | 59.4 b | 0.29 b | 20.7 a | 89.2 b | 109.9 b | 13.1 a | 123.0 a | 77.1 a | 45.9 a | 63.0 b | 110 b |
| C | 11 | 30.4 a | 31.3 c | 61.6 b | 0.49 a | 23.7 a | 69.2 c | 92.9 c | 11.9 ab | 156.0 a | 112.6 a | 43.4 a | 72.5 ab | 108 b |
| D | 14 | 21.3 bc | 36.2 bc | 57.5 b | 0.37 b | 24.6 a | 121.5 a | 146.1 a | 10.5 ab | 136.3 a | 103.8 a | 32.5 a | 74.9 ab | 105 b |
| E | 2 | 23.6 abc | 79.9 a | 103.4 a | 0.23 b | 26.7 a | 129.4 a | 156.2 a | 12.1 ab | 152.2 a | 131.1 a | 21.1 a | 86.7 a | 144 a |
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Ratio of panicle against culm and leaf weight.
The Tukey test was carried out for comparing differences among five cluster groups at 5% significant level.