Table 2.

Performance of F₂ population of IR64 × NH219 and its reciprocal cross

F2of cross	IR64 × NH219							NH219 × IR64
Trait/Source	N	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Skew	Kurtosis	N	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Skew	Kurtosis
Plant height (cm)	70	75.01	17.00	42	123	0.39	−0.04	36	78.37	14.5	59	117	0.80	0.14
No. of tillers	70	4.64	2.87	1	16	1.67	3.53	36	5.09	2.47	2	12	1.36	1.94
Leaf width (cm)	70	1.26	0.30	0.50	1.80	−0.25	−0.23	36	1.22	0.21	0.80	1.70	0.13	−0.31
SPAD value	70	33.82	9.91	18.5	58.2	0.87	0.17	36	37.81	14.9	18.5	59.6	−0.11	−1.88
Leaf temperature (°C)	70	24.27	2.61	22.2	30.3	0.73	0.00	36	24.51	2.83	20.2	30.3	0.57	−0.53
6 day senescence	70	18.63	11.8	1.50	41.3	0.21	−1.10	36	20.85	8.53	2.1	37.4	−0.60	−0.03
Leaf thickness (mm)	70	0.46	0.22	0.19	1.26	1.36	2.62	36	0.44	0.19	0.19	0.92	0.94	0.06
Yield/plant (g)	70	2.52	1.97	0.00	8.00	0.88	0.34	36	2.59	2.34	0.3	10.4	1.57	2.54