Table 1.
Growth stages, according to the rice development system proposed by Counce et al. (2000), used for sample collection of the plants grown in the greenhouse.
| Growth stage | Tissue | Code |
|---|---|---|
| S3 (emergence of prophyll from coleoptile) | Coleoptile | COL |
| V5 (collar formation on leaf 5 on main stem) | 4th node | 4N |
| Internode between 4th and 5th node | 4N5 | |
| 5th node | 5N | |
| Basal part of the 5th leaf | B5L | |
| Apical part of the 5th leaf | A5L | |
| R2 (flag leaf collar formation) | Node previous to the flag leaf node | pN |
| Internode between flag leaf and previous leaf | pNF | |
| Flag leaf node | FN | |
| Basal part of the flag leaf | BFL | |
| Apical part of the flag leaf | AFL | |
| R3-R4 (50% heading) | Panicle and florets | 50H |