Morphological traits | |||
 Collar Heighta | COL | cm | Plant height from soil surface to the main stem collar |
 Peduncle Lengtha | PdL | cm | Distance measured in the main stem from the first node to the collar |
 Peduncle Extrusiona | PdE | cm | Distance measured in the main stem from the flag leaf to the collar |
 Ear Lengtha | EAR | cm | Length of the ear excluding the awns |
 Seed Areab, d | SdA | mm2 | Average area of the seed |
 Seed Lengthb, d | SdL | mm | Average length of the seed |
 Seed Widthb, d | SdW | mm | Average width of the seed |
Developmental traits | |||
 No Tillers | TILL | tillers | Number of tillers harvested from the two middle rows of each plot |
 Heading date | HEA | DASc | Number of days from sowing to 50% half of ear emergence (GS55) per plot |
Agronomic traits | |||
 Dry yield d | DY | kg.ha− 1 | Weight of the grain collected from two middle rows of each plot calculated for a hectare |
 Thousand grain weightb, d | TGW | g | Average weight of 1000 grains |
 Biomass yieldd | BY | kg.ha− 1 | Above ground dry biomass obtained from the two middle rows of each plot |
 Harvest Indexd | HI | % | Ratio of dry yield to above ground dry biomass for the two middle rows of each plot calculated for a hectare |
 Grains per square meterd | GSM | grains.m− 2 | Number of grains estimated for a square meter using TGW and DY values |
Qualitative traits visually scored | |||
 Spike glossiness | GLS |  | Presence/absence of glossy spike |
 Spike colour |  |  | Presence/absence of purple spikes |
 Seed shattering | SHT |  | Presence/absence of seed shattering |
 Grain threshability | THR |  | Presence/absence awn retention |
 Lodging | LOD |  | Presence/absence of lodging |