Table 1.
Grain yield and properties of KDML105 rice plants grown under greenhouse conditions with and without rice blast infection.
| Treatment | Panicle no. per plant | Panicle length (cm) | 1000-grain weight (g) | Filled grain/panicle (%) | Yield (filled grain weight (g/plant)) | Harvest index | Total starch (mg/g rice) | Amylose content (%) | Protein (mg/g rice) | 2AP content (ng/g rice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8.3 ± 1.2 | 20.83 ± 2.15 | 25.21 ± 0.16 | 88.76 ± 2.96ab | 12.29 ± 2.40 | 0.53 ± 0.16 | 453.1 ± 18.4 | 13.2 ± 1.0 | 6.02 ± 0.75 | 329.9 ± 27.9 |
| RB | 7.0 ± 1.0 | 23.40 ± 1.03 | 26.19 ± 0.79 | 92.41 ± 2.34a | 15.53 ± 3.33 | 0.72 ± 0.14 | 482.6 ± 10.2 | 14.0 ± 0.8 | 5.96 ± 0.21 | 363.2 ± 151.1 |
| RF | 7.3 ± 2.5 | 20.46 ± 0.17 | 27.27 ± 2.86 | 83.32 ± 2.81c | 11.24 ± 3.08 | 0.41 ± 0.09 | 476.7 ± 31.9 | 15.1 ± 1.1 | 6.42 ± 0.84 | 329.7 ± 229.1 |
| RBF | 6.7 ± 1.5 | 20.74 ± 2.48 | 25.41 ± 0.98 | 87.14 ± 2.14bc | 12.26 ± 2.47 | 0.64 ± 0.32 | 450.2 ± 0.0 | 14.1 ± 9.9 | 6.12 ± 0.67 | 354.3 ± 164.0 |
| p < 0.05 | ns | ns | ns | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
ns and * indicate a nonsignificant difference and a significant difference at p < 0.05, respectively. Means followed by different letters within a column are significantly different at p < 0.05, as determined by the LSD test.