Table 1 Phenotypic trait performance of the RIL population and their parents evaluated in the field at Central Crops Research Station, Clayton, NC in years 2016 and 2017

2016

4.90

4.19

0.71^b

3.69

7.02

4.81

0.55

2017

4.78

4.23

0.55^c

3.65

6.20

4.79

0.46

2016

1.12

0.82

0.3^c

0.73

1.11

0.92

0.08

2017

1.14

0.85

0.3^c

0.74

1.13

0.93

0.1

2016

82.25

76.43

5.82^b

73.93

83.95

79.36

1.6

2017

83.20

79.73

3.48^c

76.95

84.40

81.62

1.5

2016

27.64

25.56

2.08^b

22.31

32.57

26.82

2.13

2017

27.45

25.55

1.9^b

20.90

30.55

25.49

2.23

2016

6.92

6.74

0.19

3.85

12.54

7.26

1.28

2017

8.00

8.60

−0.6^b

4.60

12.50

8.81

1.41

2016

8.32

12.92

−4.61^b

7.16

17.90

10.63

1.67

2017

8.35

10.55

−2.2^c

6.85

17.10

9.05

1.61

2016

4.92

1.59

3.33^c

1.46

4.23

2.77

0.6

2017

6.23

1.93

4.3^c

2.03

5.61

3.46

0.75

2016

40.8

17.2

23.6^c

16.39

39.22

28.63

4.98

2017

40.3

15.5

24.8^c

19.00

38.50

28.21

4.44

2016

10.19

8.18

2.01^c

7.13

11.70

9.13

0.82

2017

11.15

9.91

1.24^c

8.14

12.90

10.54

0.93

2016

7.00

1.70

5.3^c

1.86

5.62

3.69

1.06

2017

7.48

1.79

5.69^c

2.31

6.58

4.18

1.18

2017

44.3

65.6

−21.3^c

32.15

66.25

48.04

4.95

2016

100

0

100^c

0

100

66.7

38.2

2017

100

0

100^c

0

100

43.8

37.9