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. 2018 Aug 28;68(4):413–419. doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.18018

Table 1.

Standard cultivars for BGR resistance, classified according to resistance level and relative maturity

Relative maturity Resistance level

Strong Medium to strong Medium Weak to medium Weak





Cultivar name Scorea Cultivar name Scorea Cultivar name Scorea Cultivar name Scorea Cultivar name Scorea
Hitomebore class (very early) Kele 1.6 ARC 11094 3.3 Himenomochi 5.4 Akitakomachi 7.0
Jaguary 2.7 Hanaechizen 5.9 Hitomebore 7.2
Keiboba 5.0 Sasanishiki 6.8

Koshihikari class (early) Kasalath 3.6 Nepal 8 5.1 Koshihikari 6.8
Kinuhikari 7.1

Nipponbare class (intermediate) Jhona 2 3.3 Asahinoyume 4.7 Nipponbare 6.2 Satojiman 7.5
Tadukan 5.3 Mochiminori 6.9
Hokuriku 193b 4.5 Takanarib 6.3
Mochidawarab 6.3
Momiromanb 6.3

Hinohikari class (late) Khau Mac Kho 3.1 Hinohikari 7.3 Nishihomare 7.8
Nikomaru 6.9 Ginnosato 7.8
Yamadanishiki 7.1
Mizuhochikarab 6.9
a

A score of 0 indicates 0% infected spikelets per panicle (resistant); a score of 10 indicates >90% infected spikelets per panicle (susceptible).

b

Cultivars shown in bold letters are high-yielding cultivars used mainly for forage or processing in Japan.