Table 4.
Morphological changes analyzed in M3 progenies of 3,481 M2 plants.
| Category | Subcategory | No. of M3 progenies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homozygous | Segregating | ||
| Height of plant | Dwarf | 13 | 14 |
| Semi-dwarf | 125 | 263 | |
| Plant architecture | Uniculm | 2 | 6 |
| Short internodes | 0 | 0 | |
| Erectoid growth habit | 118 | 33 | |
| Branchy | 10 | 6 | |
| Time of flowering | Earliness (Praematurum) | 2 | 3 |
| Rosette | Prostrate/Semiprostrate | 23 | 8 |
| Grass-like | 8 | 15 | |
| Leaves | Eceriferum | 5 | 5 |
| Light green color | 36 | 7 | |
| Short and curled | 2 | 3 | |
| Spike | Dense | 3 | 34 |
| Ert-c | 0 | 13 | |
| Zeocrithon | 0 | 4 | |
| Laxatum | 3 | 16 | |
| Six-rowed/Intermedium | 0 | 5 | |
| Short | 1 | 30 | |
| Long | 0 | 7 | |
| Lateral flower-less | 0 | 4 | |
| Small lateral flowers | 0 | 5 | |
| Multiflorus | 0 | 1 | |
| Kernel/caryopsis | Necked | 0 | 34 |
| Half necked | 0 | 48 | |
| White | 0 | 1 | |
| Black | 0 | 1 | |
| Purple | 0 | 9 | |
| Grain | Unsymetrical | 0 | 2 |
| Short and plump | 1 | 4 | |
| Awn | Short (Breviaristatum) | 0 | 8 |
| Semi-smooth | 0 | 41 | |
| Smooth | 0 | 45 | |
| Diverging | 2 | 1 | |
| Awn-less | 0 | 0 | |
| Hooded | 0 | 2 | |
| Curly | 1 | 10 | |
| Lemma | Narrow | 0 | 1 |
| Orange | 1 | 0 | |
| No. of M3 families with morphological changes | 356 | 689 | |