Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the six traits for parents and across BC₂F₄ derived lines.

Trait†	Parents (SPAD value‡)		Population
	Moroberekan	Swarna	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Skewness	Kurtosis
1DCF	42.79	36.74	15.57	29.3	44.87	37.17 ±.82	-0.61	0.67
1DCS	44.36	40.14	14	33	47	39.43±.83	-0.38	-0.98
30DCF	29.64	31.71	31	14	45	28.10±.92	-0.61	-0.65
30DCS	30.90	32.71	29	12	41	26.35±.94	-0.22	-1.21
RDCF	0.31	0.14	0.33	0.74	0.07	0.32±.03	0.80	1.56
RDCS	0.30	0.19	0.4	0.75	0.09	0.33±.03	1.38	1.35

^†Average value of phenotypic data from DS2016 and WS2017;

^‡SPAD value (Index of relative chlorophyll content). 1DCF- degree of chlorophyll content of flag leaf at heading; 30DCF- degree of chlorophyll content of flag leaf 30 days after heading, RDCF-reduced decline in degree of chlorophyll content of flag leaf; 1DCS- degree of chlorophyll content of second leaf at heading; 30DCS- degree of chlorophyll content of second leaf 30 days after heading; RDCS- reduced decline in degree of chlorophyll content of second leaf in BC₂F₄ derived lines from Swarna (S) × Moroberekan (M)