TABLE 1.

Performance of basic agronomic and grain quality traits in ABLs and the recurrent parents.

Cultivars/lines	Plant height (cm)	Days to heading (d)	Panicle number	Panicle length (cm)	Grain number per panicle	1,000-seed weight (g)	Seed setting rate (%)	Chalkiness rate (%)	Amylose content (%)
WYG32	98.06 ± 2.23	98.0 ± 0.71	12.6 ± 0.55	17.94 ± 1.18	131.8 ± 5.63	26.85 ± 0.43	93.65 ± 1.01	15.08 ± 1.16	15.76 ± 0.59
WYG32-PG-4	102.48 ± 2.69**	99.2 ± 0.84*	13.2 ± 0.84	18.14 ± 1.23	132.6 ± 4.16	26.93 ± 0.44	93.10 ± 1.74	14.56 ± 0.81	15.28 ± 0.55
WYG32-PG-5	99.76 ± 2.10	97.4 ± 0.55	13.0 ± 0.71	18.64 ± 1.17	133.2 ± 4.15	26.96 ± 0.36	92.45 ± 1.55	15.30 ± 0.93	16.36 ± 0.87
WYG32-PG-8	103.94 ± 2.10**	97.2 ± 0.45	12.4 ± 1.14	17.86 ± 1.19	130.6 ± 3.97	26.79 ± 0.54	95.59 ± 2.16	15.64 ± 0.84	15.82 ± 0.98
WYG32-PG-11	104.74 ± 1.83**	100.2 ± 0.84**	13.6 ± 1.14	18.12 ± 0.95	131.2 ± 4.32	26.86 ± 0.39	95.49 ± 1.58	13.88 ± 0.56*	15.54 ± 0.55
WYG32-PG-12	99.42 ± 1.45	96.2 ± 0.84**	13.4 ± 0.89	17.62 ± 1.03	130.8 ± 3.70	26.76 ± 0.28	93.69 ± 2.10	14.28 ± 0.76	16.52 ± 1.00
HG8	100.80 ± 3.50	97.4 ± 1.14	14.2 ± 1.30	18.38 ± 0.90	136.0 ± 5.24	27.56 ± 0.37	92.41 ± 1.76	17.82 ± 0.76	19.18 ± 1.01
HG8-PG-2	101.28 ± 2.19	101.0 ± 0.71**	13.6 ± 0.55	18.86 ± 1.06	141.8 ± 4.82*	27.13 ± 0.33	93.40 ± 2.19	10.38 ± 1.36**	16.06 ± 0.72**
HG8-PG-4	102.34 ± 2.00	100.2 ± 0.84**	13.8 ± 0.84	19.04 ± 1.18	143.2 ± 4.09**	27.06 ± 0.39*	93.62 ± 1.52	11.22 ± 1.16**	16.40 ± 0.89**
HG8-PG-5	100.42 ± 1.83	95.4 ± 1.14**	14.4 ± 0.55	18.58 ± 1.42	138.2 ± 3.03	27.39 ± 0.48	95.51 ± 1.78*	16.94 ± 1.83	18.58 ± 0.90
HG8-PG-6	104.28 ± 2.43*	96.2 ± 1.10	13.6 ± 1.34	18.74 ± 1.15	140.8 ± 4.60	27.14 ± 0.29	92.04 ± 1.20	15.80 ± 2.13	17.38 ± 0.69**
HG8-PG-16	102.98 ± 1.51	97.8 ± 0.84	13.8 ± 0.84	18.48 ± 1.13	137.2 ± 3.83	27.51 ± 0.27	92.11 ± 3.19	18.92 ± 1.81	19.02 ± 0.92

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding respective recurrent parent by Student’s t-test.