Ageing Effects, Generation Means, and Path Coefficient Analyses on High Kernel Elongation in Mahsuri Mutan and Basmati 370 Rice Populations

Table 2

Generation means and interaction of ageing and nonageing treatments for grain quality traits in a population derived from a cross between MR219 × Mahsuri Mutan.

Traits	MGL	CGL	MGW	CGW	HKE	PC	LW
Mahsuri Mutan	6.54^a	11.10^a	1.76^e	1.93^d	1.65^a	0.55^a	3.71^a
MR219	5.56^b	7.23^e	2.14^a	2.38^a	1.37^d	0.17^c	2.60^d
F1	6.08^c	9.72^b	2.03^b	2.19^b	1.52^c	0.49^a	2.99^c
F2	5.75^d	9.09^c	1.97^c	2.13^c	1.51^c	0.51^a	2.94^c
BCP1(Mahsuri Mutan)	6.42^e	11.19^a	1.84^d	2.11^c	1.59^b	0.52^a	3.49^b
BCP2(MR219)	5.44^f	8.14^d	2.15^a	2.35^a	1.37^d	0.37^b	2.53^e
Ageing treatment
Ageing (90°C, 3 hours)	5.83^a	9.98^a	2.01^a	2.26^a	1.62^a	0.47^a	3.00^a
Nonageing	5.97^b	8.92^b	1.97^b	2.11^b	1.38^b	0.45^b	2.99^a

MGL: milled grain length; CGL: cooked grain length; MGW: milled grain width; CGW: cooked grain width; HKE: high kernel elongation ratio; PC: proportionate change; LW: length-width ratio. Means followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different at based on DMRT.