Table 4.
Variability in different quantitative characters in 113 aromatic and fine rice genotypes.
| Characters | Range | Mean | SE | CV% | F-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD (mm) | 3.14–7.50 | 4.63 | 0.065 | 8.60 | 8.98∗∗ |
| FLA (cm3) | 21.94–54.43 | 35.28 | 0.599 | 11.70 | 8.99∗∗ |
| DF | 76.00–125 | 100.5 | 0.709 | 2.45 | 75.58∗∗ |
| DM | 102–150 | 126.00 | 0.697 | 1.69 | 33.30∗∗ |
| PH (cm) | 79.00–179.00 | 129.00 | 1.382 | 2.74 | 38.13∗∗ |
| ET No. | 4.00–13.87 | 9.84 | 0.127 | 10.39 | 4.75∗∗ |
| PL (cm) | 24.13–33.00 | 28.62 | 0.149 | 3.77 | 6.40∗∗ |
| PB No. | 6.33–13.33 | 10.34 | 0.123 | 11.61 | 3.56∗∗ |
| PBL (cm) | 8.84–14.62 | 10.75 | 0.106 | 7.71 | 6.45∗∗ |
| SB No. | 12.20–65.67 | 32.67 | 1.038 | 11.03 | 28.10∗∗ |
| SBL (cm) | 1.95–3.58 | 2.75 | 0.026 | 6.66 | 6.79∗∗ |
| FG/P | 79.00–262.00 | 170.50 | 3.774 | 16.79 | 7.15∗∗ |
| UFG/P | 4.00–74.00 | 39.00 | 1.479 | 35.81 | 3.07∗∗ |
| GL (mm) | 5.62–12.24 | 7.11 | 0.126 | 3.06 | 114.34∗∗ |
| GB (mm) | 1.68–3.60 | 2.33 | 0.035 | 5.58 | 24.95∗∗ |
| GLBR | 1.97–5.60 | 3.10 | 0.066 | 5.55 | 49.59∗∗ |
| TGW (g) | 7.70–28.33 | 13.22 | 0.417 | 8.31 | 48.81∗∗ |
| YP (g) | 6.47–17.45 | 12.38 | 0.188 | 18.70 | 2.23∗∗ |
| HI | 0.16–0.34 | 0.24 | 0.004 | 20.45 | 1.93∗∗ |
∗∗ indicates significance at 1% level of probability.
CD: culm diameter (mm), FLA: flag leaf area, DF: days to flowering, DM: days to maturity, PH: plant height, ET No.: effective tiller number, PL: panicle length, PB No.: primary branches per panicle, PBL: primary branch length, SB No.: secondary branches per panicle, SBL: secondary branch length, FGP: filled grains per panicle, UFGP: unfilled grains per panicle, GL: grain length, GB: grain breadth, GLBR: grain length breadth ratio, TGW: 1000-grain weight, YP: yield per plant, and HI: harvest index.