S. No	Traits name	Abbreviations	Description
1	Seedling vigor	SV	Visual observation of the seedling in 1 - 5 scale where 1 poor and 5 highly vigor
2	Days to 50% flowering	DFL	The date when 50 percent of the plants produced flowers was recorded and converted in number of days from date of planting up to date of heading
3	Plant height	PLHT	Height of the plant from the base of the plant to the tip of the panicle in cm at maturity
4	Total number of leaves	TNOL	Number of leaves on the main plant stem
5	Leaf area	LA	Measurement of leaves (cm²) using LI 3000 C Portable area meter from 5 randomly selected plants in each replication during early morning hours when leaves were fully turgid
6	Stay green	StG	Stay-green scores at maturity based on visual ratings [18] using 1 to 5 scale (1 ≤ 10% leaves stay green and 5 => 75% leaves stay green and most desirable)
7	Peduncle exsertion	PEX	The average length of the node between the flag leaf and the base of the panicle measured in cm from 5 randomly selected plants at maturity then ranked by their values
8	Panicle length	PL	Panicle length measurement (cm) from the base of the panicle to the tip from five randomly selected plants per plot at maturity
9	Panicle width	PW	Panicle width measurement in the widest diameter of the panicle on five randomly selected plants per plot at maturity
10	Days to maturity	DM	The date when 90 percent of the plants are physiologically mature counting in days taken from planting up to physiological maturity
11	Over all plant agronomic score	OAS	Over all plant agronomic scores (5 = most desirable and 1= least desirable) [19]
12	Grain weight	GW	Total grain weight per plot (kg) after threshing then converted into tons per hectare
13	Biomass	BM	The total weight of the plants in the two middle rows (Kg), 15 plants/row then averaged value
14	Harvest index	HI	The ratio of grain weight to the total biomass (%) computed from the two middle rows then taken average value