ANOVA	Analysis of variance
BC	Backcross
bp	Base pairs
BS	Background selection
CD	Critical difference
CmN	Number of tillers (culms)
CV	Coefficient of variation
DFF	Days to 50% flowering
ER	Elongation ratio
FS	Foreground selection
g.sqm−1	Grams per square meter
GMP	Geometric mean productivity
GQ	Selection for grain and cooking qualities
GY	Grain yield
HAM	Harmonic mean
Ht	Plant height
HULL	Hulling recovery
IARI	Indian Agricultural Research Institute
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
KER	Kernel elongation ratio
KLAC	Kernel length after cooking
KLBC	Kernel length before cooking
kPa	Kilo Pascal
LBR	Length by breadth ratio
MABB	Marker assisted backcross breeding
MILL	Milling recovery
NIL	Near isogenic line
PnL	Panicle length
PS	Phenotypic selection
qDTY	QTL for yield under drought
QTL	Quantitative trait loci
RBGRC	Rice breeding and genetics research centre
RM	Rice microsatellite
RP	Recurrent parent
RPG	Recurrent parent genome
RPP	Recurrent parent phenome
RPGR	Recurrent parent genome recovery
RSDS	Reproductive stage drought stress
RTOL	Relative stress tolerance
S	Stressed
SF	Spikelet fertility
SSI	Stress susceptibility index
SSR	Simple sequence repeats
STI	Stress tolerance index
t.ha−1	tonnes per hectare
US	Unstressed
YI	Yield index
Yld	Grain yield per plot
YSI	Yield stability index