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. 2013 Aug 29;13:122. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-122

Table 1.

Structural and grain related traits of a rice panicle

Panicle structure traits
Spikelet (Grain) traits
Trait Short name Trait Short name
Primary Axis - length
PA_length
Spikelets - number
Sp_nb
Primary Axis - diameter
PA_diameter
Spikelets - length
Sp_length
Secondary Axis - position
SA_po
Spikelets - width
Sp_width
Secondary Axes - number
SA_nb
Spikelets - area
Sp_area
Secondary Axis - length
SA_length
Spikelets - perimeter
Sp_perimeter
Number of Nodes
Node_nb
Spikelets - circularity
Sp_circularity
Secondary Axes Intervals Length
SA_int
Spikelets - compactness
Sp_compactness
Tertiary Axes - number
TA_nb
Spikelets - ellipticity
Sp_ellipticity
Tertiary Axes - length
TA_length
Aspect - ratio
Sp_AR
Tertiary Axis - position
TA_po
 
 
Tertiary Axes Intervals Length
TA_int
 
 
Quaternary Axes - number
QA_nb
 
 
Quaternary Axes - length
QA_length
 
 
Quaternary Axes - position
QA_po
 
 
Quaternary Axes Intervals Length QA_int    

Two different types of traits regarding to the panicle components. These are structural and grain related traits.