Table 3.

Twelve agronomic traits measured from the recurrent parents and the introgression lines in Huixian and Zhongmou.

Traits	Location	Parent	Introgression lines
		Zhoumai 18	Mean	SD	Min–Max	C.V.(%)	Skewness	Kurtosis
DH	ZM	195.00	197.37	2.50	191.00-206.33	1.26	0.12	0.04
	HX	187.56	188.20	1.78	180.00-194.00	0.95	-0.15	1.32
DF	ZM	197.88	200.89	2.27	195.75-208.50	1.13	0.22	-0.12
	HX	192.72	193.94	1.82	189.00-199.00	0.94	0.22	-0.15
SL	ZM	9.27	9.98	1.06	6.95-13.58	10.60	0.15	0.44
	HX	8.47	9.77	0.97	7.10-12.87	9.91	0.26	0.35
SPI	ZM	23.25	21.95	1.25	18.50-26.00	5.70	0.17	0.51
	HX	21.02	21.56	1.20	18.00-25.33	5.55	0.07	0.37
GNS	ZM	59.33	54.40	7.29	34.75-78.00	13.40	0.19	-0.003
	HX	55.33	53.10	6.39	32.30-73.50	12.03	0.09	0.13
SD	ZM	24.73	22.24	2.65	15.84-32.37	11.93	0.54	0.71
	HX	26.14	22.26	2.38	16.26-33.02	10.71	0.54	0.93
PH	ZM	76.55	75.24	11.89	46.65-113.45	15.81	0.40	0.19
	HX	78.86	77.19	11.76	53.60-118.63	15.24	0.72	0.65
TKW	ZM	49.54	47.99	4.42	33.81-60.96	9.22	-0.13	0.005
	HX	48.63	48.27	4.01	37.48-59.02	8.31	0.08	-0.16
GL	ZM	5.96	6.58	0.38	5.51-7.55	5.82	-0.10	-0.21
	HX	5.98	6.44	0.40	5.46-7.41	6.27	-0.14	-0.48
GW	ZM	3.18	3.37	0.20	2.89-3.96	5.96	-0.004	-0.28
	HX	3.27	3.28	0.20	2.80-3.78	5.97	-0.05	-0.75
GP	ZM	15.25	16.85	0.97	14.30-19.53	5.74	-0.16	-0.32
	HX	15.46	16.44	1.03	13.98-18.73	6.29	-0.18	-0.71
GL/GW	ZM	1.89	1.97	0.09	1.71-2.25	4.62	0.11	0.09
	HX	1.84	1.98	0.09	1.70-2.28	4.71	0.19	0.49

DH, day to heading; DF, day to flowering; PH, plant height; SL, spike length; SPI, spikelets; SD, spikelet density; GNS, grain number main spike; TKW, thousand kernel weight; GL, grain length; GW, grain width; GP, grain perimeter; GL/GW, grain length/grain width; ZM, Zhongmou; HX, Huixian.