Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of phenotypic values observed in the (ICMB 841-P3 × 863B-P2)-derived RIL population and their parental lines in two different environments (E1 = late Kharif 2009; E2 = Summer 2010) at ICRISAT-Patancheru, and across these two environments.

Trait	Environment	ICMB 841 (P1)	863B (P2)	RILs	RILs	P1 vs. P2	P1 vs. RILs	P2 vs. RILs
		BLUP	BLUP	BLUP	RANGE	Pr > F	Pr > F	Pr > F
FT	2009	43.01 ± 0.54	46.85 ± 0.53	46.02 ± 0.09	37.21−53.43	**	**	ns
	2010	43.88 ± 0.46	46.28 ± 0.46	45.90 ± 0.08	36.47−54.81	**	**	ns
	Across	43.72 ± 1.14	46.43 ± 1.14	45.96 ± 0.18	36.2−54.18	**	*	ns
PH	2009	94.41 ± 2.43	108.40 ± 2.39	110.76 ± 0.41	84.26−128.89	**	**	ns
	2010	100.81 ± 2.70	108.71 ± 2.69	119.02 ± 0.45	90.83−138.76	*	**	**
	Across	99.28 ± 5.47	109.64 ± 5.47	114.83 ± 4.12	76.06−131.60	*	**	ns
PL	2009	17.38 ± 0.49	18.32 ± 0.48	18.50 ± 0.08	13.85−23.30	ns	*s	ns
	2010	17.86 ± 0.55	19.20 ± 0.54	20.28 ± 0.09	14.45−26.57	ns	**	ns
	Across	17.90 ± 1.11	18.73 ± 1.11	19.38 ± 0.84	13.8−25.13	ns	*	ns
TGW_self	2009	7.01 ± 0.35	9.28 ± 0.35	8.54 ± 0.06	6.2−11.96	**	**	*
	2010	7.08 ± 0.24	7.72 ± 0.24	7.15 ± 0.04	4.76−10.48	ns	ns	*
	Across	7.02 ± 0.81	8.58 ± 0.81	7.84 ± 0.68	5.54−10.86	*	ns	ns
TGW_OP	2009	7.20 ± 0.30	7.55 ± 0.29	7.66 ± 0.05	6.49−9.40	ns	ns	ns
	2010	8.14 ± 0.28	10.74 ± 0.28	8.17 ± 0.05	6.26−11.83	**	ns	**
	Across	7.65 ± 0.46	8.93 ± 0.46	7.92 ± 0.28	3.01−10.63	*	ns	**

FT, Time to 50% flowering (d); PH, Plant height (cm); PL, Panicle length (cm); TGW_self, Self-pollinated 1,000-grain weight (g); TGW_OP, Open-pollinated 1,000-grain weight (g);

^*Significant at 5% level;

^**Significant at 1% level; ns, non-significant.