SN | Traits | Descriptions |
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1 | Days to forage harvesting (days) | Counted from days to emergence to days of half (50%) of the plot/plants set flower |
2 | Days to seed harvesting (days) | Counted from days to emergence to days to seed maturity |
3 | Un-stretched plant height (cm) | Measured from the ground to the tip of plant at forage harvesting stage |
4 | Stretched plant height (cm) | Measured from the ground to the stretched tip of the plant at forage harvesting stage |
5 | Biomass production rate (kgĀ haā1 dayā1) | Computed by dividing the above ground biomass yield to the number of days to forage harvesting |
6 | Forage dry matter yield (t/ha) | Determined by converting the harvested fresh biomass yield into dry matter yield after oven-drying for 24Ā h at a temperature of 105Ā Ā°C |
7 | Grain filling period (days) | Counted from days to flower initiation to days to physiological maturity |
8 | Grain sink filling rate (kgĀ haā1 dayā1) | Computed as the ratio of grain yield to number of days from flower initiation to physiological maturity |
9 | Number of pods per plant (number) | Counted by uprooting six plants from each experimental plot |
10 | Pod length (cm) | Measured the length by taking six pods per plant |
11 | Number of seeds per pod (number) | Counted the seeds by taking six pods per plant from each plot |
12 | Grain yield (t/ha) | The plants harvested from ground level at the optimum seed harvesting time and oven-dried at 100Ā Ā°C for 48Ā h to adjust the moisture content to the level of 10% |
13 | Thousand seed weight (gm) | Thousand seeds counted and oven-dried at 100Ā Ā°C for 48Ā h to determine the weight |