Supplementary Material

Table 1: Pedigree and growing region of 40 wheat genotypes

Variety / Pedigree / Growing region
BACANORA-88 / JUPATECO-73/(SIB)BLUEJAY//URES-81[1204]; / Mexico
BAVIACORA-92 / BOBWHITE/NACOZARI-76//VEERY/3/BLUEJAY/COCORAQUE-75[1281 / Mexico
BPW-892 / - / -
C-306 / REGENT19473*CHZ//*2C591/3/P 19/C281 / NWPZ/NEPZ, India
CBW-12 / KT/BAGE//FN/V/3/BZA/4/TRM/5/ALDANE/6SERI/VEE#10/8/0PATA / NEPZ, India
CHIRYA-1 / CHINESE-SPRING/AG.CU//GLENNSON-81/3/ALONDRA/PAVON-76/4/NINGMAI-4/OLESEN//ALONDRA/YANGMAI-4[1281] / Mexico
CHIRRAYA-3 / CHINESE-SPRING/AG.CU//GLENNSON-81/3/ALONDRA/PAVON-76/4/NINGMAI-4/OLESEN//ALONDRA/YANGMAI-4[1281] / Mexico
CHIRRAYA-7 / CHINESE-SPRING/AG.CU//GLENNSON-81/3/ALONDRA/PAVON-76/4/NINGMAI-4/OLESEN//ALONDRA/YANGMAI-4[1281] / Mexico
DBW-14 / RAJ 3765/PBW 343 / NEPZ, India
DBW-16 / RAJ 3765/WR 484// HUW 468 / NEPZ, India
DBW-17 / CMH79A.95/3*CNO 79//RAJ3777 / NEPZ, India
DL-1266-2 / 8FW/DL-788-2 / NEPZ, India
GW-322 / GW 173/GW 196 / PZ AND CZ, India
HALNA( K 7903) / HD 1982 / K 816 / NEPZ, India
HD-2189 / HD 1963/HD 1931 / PZ, India
HD-2402 / HD 2267/HD 2236 / NEPZ, India
HD-2643 / VEE'S'/HD 2407//HD 2329 / NEPZ, India
HD-2833 / DL 509-2/DL 377-8 / CZ, India
HD-2864 / DL 509-2/ DL 377-8 / CZ, India
HD-2888 / C 306/T.Sphaerococcum//HW 2004 / NEPZ, India
HD-2932 / KAUZ/STAR//HD 2643 / CZ and PZ, India
HD-2987 / HI 1011/HD 2348//MENDOS//IWP 72/DL 153-2 / PZ, India
HI-1544 / HINDI 62/BOBWHITE/CPAN 2099 / CZ, India
HI-1563 / MACS 2496*2/MC 10 / NEPZ, India
HUW-234 / HUW 12* 2 / CPAN 1666// HUW 12 / NEPZ, India
KAUZ / JUPATECO-73/(SIB)BLUEJAY//URES-81[144] / Mexico
LOK-1 / S 308/ S 331 / CZ, India
LOK-64 / -
MP-4010 / ANGOSTURA 88 / CZ, India
NIAW-845 / - / -
PBW-343 / ND/VG9144//KAL/BB/3/YCO'S'/4/VEE#5'S' / NWPZ, India
PBW-373 / ND/VG9144//KAL/BB/3/YCO'S'/4/VEE#5'S' / NWPZ, India
PURLLA / - / -
RAJ-3765 / HD 2402/VL 639 / NWPZ, India
SHANGHAI / (M)YANGMAI-1[1334][1511][2836] / China
SONALIKA / II54-388 /AN/3/YT54/N10B/LR 64 / NW/NEPZ, India
UP-2696 / UP 2696/CDW 9510/NW 1027 / -
WH-730 / CPAN 2092/LOK 1 / NW/NEPZ, India
WR-544 / KALYANSONA/HD 1999//HD 2204/3/DW 38 / DELHI NCR, India
WR-704 / WR 704/KALYANSONA/ HD 1999// HD 2204/3/DW 38 / -

(Abbreviations: NEPZ-North Eastern Plain Zone; NWPZ- North Western Plain Zone; CZ-Central Zone; NW- North West Zone; NCR- National Capital Region of Delhi)

Table 2. Observation on physiological traits of 40 wheat genotypes during year 2013.

Cultivar / Total chlorophyll
(mg g1 dw) / Pn Rate
(µmoles CO2 m2 s1) / Fv/Fm / MSI (%) / SPAD / Grain yield (g/plant) / Test wt (g) / HI (%)
UP 2696 / 13.89 / 14.13 / 0.44 / 74.95 / 38.00 / 6.60 / 3.68 / 51.96
SONALIKA / 12.29 / 9.81 / 0.32 / 74.78 / 34.30 / 5.87 / 3.51 / 44.86
HD 2833 / 10.55 / 9.22 / 0.33 / 78.04 / 26.20 / 8.33 / 3.96 / 53.58
KAUZ / 10.31 / 10.47 / 0.37 / 78.89 / 33.80 / 8.80 / 3.78 / 55.72
HD 2932 / 11.70 / 13.98 / 0.46 / 78.29 / 38.70 / 9.20 / 4.17 / 60.09
PBW 373 / 13.50 / 14.53 / 0.52 / 76.31 / 38.70 / 7.13 / 3.92 / 50.34
DBW 16 / 11.40 / 15.97 / 0.57 / 79.87 / 44.50 / 9.00 / 4.33 / 60.88
LOK 1 / 10.83 / 12.55 / 0.45 / 81.70 / 44.70 / 8.60 / 4.52 / 57.53
MP 4010 / 8.48 / 11.44 / 0.43 / 77.15 / 32.00 / 6.90 / 4.47 / 47.08
CHIRYA 1 / 10.30 / 14.62 / 0.57 / 80.22 / 35.70 / 8.37 / 3.89 / 54.39
CHIRYA 3 / 8.43 / 12.88 / 0.46 / 74.52 / 31.00 / 6.20 / 3.82 / 46.37
RAJ 3765 / 12.73 / 14.80 / 0.49 / 79.83 / 44.00 / 8.40 / 4.38 / 54.46
Bacanora 88 / 8.14 / 10.46 / 0.31 / 75.23 / 28.20 / 5.07 / 2.77 / 41.76
CHIRYA 7 / 11.71 / 13.33 / 0.36 / 78.23 / 42.00 / 7.53 / 4.01 / 51.61
HUW 234 / 7.29 / 7.52 / 0.21 / 72.25 / 25.30 / 6.40 / 4.13 / 39.39
BPW 892 / 9.62 / 10.45 / 0.36 / 76.81 / 28.30 / 7.27 / 3.81 / 55.27
PRULLA / 12.22 / 8.90 / 0.21 / 75.34 / 34.70 / 5.27 / 3.80 / 36.93
HD 2888 / 13.29 / 12.31 / 0.46 / 74.94 / 35.30 / 5.73 / 3.71 / 44.64
HI 1544 / 11.89 / 10.44 / 0.33 / 76.24 / 31.70 / 6.80 / 3.78 / 47.90
Baviacora 92 / 9.65 / 9.63 / 0.41 / 77.09 / 30.70 / 6.27 / 3.82 / 48.22
HD 2189 / 11.70 / 10.81 / 0.43 / 70.62 / 35.50 / 5.67 / 3.45 / 50.93
PBW 343 / 11.84 / 11.21 / 0.50 / 77.96 / 29.00 / 4.73 / 3.77 / 48.33
C 306 / 11.40 / 10.81 / 0.34 / 78.17 / 30.30 / 7.07 / 4.11 / 55.32
HI 1563 / 9.50 / 11.51 / 0.36 / 79.20 / 24.00 / 6.73 / 4.17 / 55.03
HD 2864 / 8.48 / 10.05 / 0.29 / 73.49 / 27.70 / 4.13 / 3.80 / 46.50
CBW 12 / 10.30 / 13.53 / 0.42 / 68.04 / 41.00 / 4.20 / 4.25 / 43.04
HD 2643 / 12.10 / 14.13 / 0.43 / 79.67 / 40.80 / 7.93 / 3.37 / 57.53
LOK 64 / 10.38 / 13.31 / 0.40 / 77.39 / 35.00 / 6.07 / 4.02 / 49.58
HD 2987 / 8.14 / 11.52 / 0.37 / 70.82 / 28.50 / 4.87 / 4.30 / 48.40
DBW 14 / 11.29 / 15.42 / 0.37 / 82.19 / 43.80 / 7.03 / 3.53 / 52.10
SHANGHAI / 7.29 / 9.41 / 0.28 / 69.23 / 26.30 / 4.40 / 3.48 / 43.08
GW 322 / 6.62 / 9.84 / 0.35 / 78.16 / 26.70 / 6.93 / 3.43 / 54.33
DBW 17 / 10.22 / 9.13 / 0.25 / 75.72 / 33.20 / 6.40 / 3.84 / 54.30
WR 544 / 14.29 / 15.42 / 0.27 / 77.49 / 44.70 / 6.20 / 3.81 / 54.90
HALNA / 11.89 / 17.11 / 0.52 / 86.30 / 43.00 / 7.63 / 3.47 / 51.94
HD 2402 / 9.65 / 12.31 / 0.41 / 73.14 / 26.70 / 3.53 / 3.94 / 39.99
WH 730 / 11.70 / 8.18 / 0.23 / 70.07 / 28.70 / 4.40 / 3.92 / 41.50
DL12662 / 13.50 / 13.64 / 0.36 / 72.82 / 37.00 / 6.13 / 4.08 / 49.37
WR 704 / 11.40 / 14.30 / 0.45 / 79.92 / 35.00 / 6.47 / 3.56 / 51.85
NIAW 845 / 10.83 / 11.96 / 0.48 / 77.41 / 29.80 / 6.20 / 3.65 / 47.07

Table 3. Observation on physiological traits of40wheat genotypes during year 2014

Cultivar / Total chlo-rophyll
(mg g-1dw) / PnRate(µmoles CO2 m2 s1) / Fv/Fm / MSI (%) / SPAD / Grain yield (g/plant) / Test wt (g) / HI (%)
UP 2696 / 14.3 / 14.7 / 0.46 / 78.71 / 40 / 7.05 / 4.01 / 53.6
SONALIKA / 12.61 / 10.39 / 0.35 / 79.76 / 35.9 / 5.97 / 3.73 / 44.26
HD 2833 / 11.22 / 9.76 / 0.33 / 82.68 / 29 / 8.32 / 4.2 / 54.63
KAUZ / 10.5 / 10.83 / 0.39 / 80.58 / 37.9 / 8.98 / 4.06 / 56.82
HD 2932 / 12.45 / 15.09 / 0.5 / 80.99 / 37.8 / 9.28 / 4.48 / 65.73
PBW 373 / 14.02 / 15.38 / 0.56 / 77.5 / 42.6 / 7.35 / 4.13 / 49.52
DBW 16 / 12.6 / 16.9 / 0.59 / 81.47 / 47.7 / 9.31 / 4.61 / 63.17
LOK 1 / 11.29 / 12.97 / 0.45 / 83.91 / 46.73 / 8.86 / 4.69 / 60.47
MP 4010 / 9.08 / 13.99 / 0.45 / 77.95 / 36.5 / 7.09 / 4.69 / 47.57
CHIRYA 1 / 10.94 / 15.22 / 0.6 / 81.92 / 39.2 / 8.52 / 4.11 / 54.17
CHIRYA 3 / 9.75 / 13.62 / 0.48 / 75.93 / 37.4 / 6.35 / 4.99 / 50.3
RAJ 3765 / 13.42 / 15.43 / 0.51 / 81.86 / 47.1 / 8.57 / 4.69 / 54.31
BACANORA 88 / 8.82 / 11.15 / 0.32 / 76.11 / 30.8 / 5.26 / 2.66 / 38.91
CHIRYA 7 / 12.46 / 13.87 / 0.39 / 79.61 / 44.6 / 7.73 / 3.78 / 48.61
HUW 234 / 8.77 / 7.61 / 0.32 / 74.4 / 28.1 / 6.53 / 4.08 / 42.17
BPW 892 / 10.08 / 10.33 / 0.39 / 79.68 / 33.2 / 7.49 / 3.85 / 55.94
PRULLA / 12.97 / 9.13 / 0.29 / 76.43 / 38.2 / 5.46 / 3.28 / 38.14
HD 2888 / 14.14 / 12.76 / 0.48 / 78.21 / 39.8 / 5.79 / 3.6 / 45.76
HI 1544 / 12.59 / 10.68 / 0.36 / 77.55 / 36.3 / 7.11 / 3.99 / 49.12
BAVIACORA 92 / 10.32 / 10.03 / 0.42 / 77.4 / 32.6 / 6.48 / 4.07 / 47.34
HD 2189 / 12.29 / 11.28 / 0.46 / 72.93 / 37.8 / 5.82 / 3.48 / 52.2
PBW 343 / 12.64 / 11.58 / 0.53 / 79.95 / 31.4 / 4.95 / 3.97 / 49.03
C 306 / 11.78 / 11.51 / 0.37 / 79.9 / 33.4 / 7.34 / 4.28 / 56.34
HI 1563 / 10.09 / 12.17 / 0.38 / 80.55 / 26.9 / 6.91 / 4.37 / 54.73
HD 2864 / 9.02 / 10.43 / 0.31 / 76.42 / 30.9 / 4.29 / 3.89 / 47.37
CBW 12 / 8.64 / 10.2 / 0.38 / 75.87 / 33.6 / 4.32 / 4.46 / 45.11
HD 2643 / 12.34 / 14.4 / 0.45 / 81.29 / 44.7 / 8.15 / 3.63 / 59.43
LOK 64 / 11.03 / 13.93 / 0.41 / 78.92 / 36.5 / 6.29 / 3.9 / 50.45
HD 2987 / 8.68 / 10.03 / 0.36 / 73.16 / 32.2 / 5.08 / 4.47 / 46.68
DBW 14 / 11.98 / 15.96 / 0.41 / 84.34 / 47.4 / 7.32 / 3.39 / 54.14
SHANGHAI / 9.12 / 9.86 / 0.3 / 70.88 / 28.9 / 4.48 / 3.39 / 46.01
GW 322 / 8.1 / 10.55 / 0.35 / 78.96 / 29.3 / 7.25 / 3.54 / 55.58
DBW 17 / 10.92 / 11.5 / 0.34 / 78.07 / 36.1 / 6.63 / 3.83 / 55.04
WR 544 / 14.83 / 15.9 / 0.42 / 78.81 / 48.3 / 6.51 / 3.99 / 57.02
HALNA / 12.72 / 17.55 / 0.52 / 86.87 / 46.4 / 7.82 / 3.8 / 54.1
HD 2402 / 10.09 / 12.83 / 0.44 / 73.82 / 29.9 / 3.29 / 4.11 / 43.34
WH 730 / 12.13 / 9.87 / 0.34 / 72.2 / 32.8 / 4.02 / 4.18 / 42.68
DL-1266-2 / 14.33 / 14.21 / 0.37 / 75.4 / 40.5 / 6.38 / 4.3 / 50.36
WR 704 / 11.82 / 14.67 / 0.46 / 81.89 / 38.2 / 6.62 / 3.66 / 53.66
NIAW 845 / 11.34 / 12.68 / 0.5 / 78.64 / 34.7 / 6.35 / 3.85 / 48.36

Table 4: Genotypes classified in different clusters.

Cluster / No of genotypes / Genotype
I (Tolerant) / 13 / UP 2696, HD 2932, PBW 373, DBW 16, LOK 1, CHIRYA 1, RAJ 3765, CHIRYA 7, HD 2643, DBW 14, WR 544, HALNA, DL-1266-2
II (Intermediate) / 19 / SONALIKA, HD 2833, KAUZ, MP 4010, CHIRYA 3, BPW 892, PRULLA, HD 2888, HI 1544, BAVIACORA 92, HD 2189, PBW 343, C 306, HI 1563, LOK 64,GW 322, DBW 17,WR 704, NIAW 845
III (Sensitive) / 8 / BACANORA 88, HUW 234, HD 2864, CBW 12, HD 2987, SHANGHAI, HD 2402, WH 730