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

Table 7

Generation means and interaction of ageing and nonageing treatments for grain quality traits in a population derived from a cross between MR219 × Basmati 370.

Traits	MGL	CGL	MGW	CGW	HKE	PC	LW
Basmati 370	8.48^a	15.40^a	1.76^e	1.99^e	1.66^a	0.21^a	4.84^a
MR219	5.20^e	7.24^b	2.20^a	2.44^a	1.45^d	0.02^c	2.37^b
	6.86^c	11.02^c	2.01^c	2.23^b	1.59^c	0.03^bc	3.41^c
	7.18^b	9.85^d	2.08^b	2.19^c	1.51^b	0.08^d	3.53^d
BCP1	8.47^a	14.16^e	1.85^d	2.12^d	1.67^a	0.23^c	4.59^e
BCP2	5.39^d	8.17^f	2.19^a	2.42^a	1.49^c	0.09^b	2.47^f
Ageing treatment
Ageing (90°C, 3 hours)	6.66^b	11.99^a	2.09^a	2.41^a	1.64^a	0.17^a	3.76^a
Nonageing	7.33^a	9.48^b	1.97^b	2.07^b	1.47^b	0.15^b	3.29^b

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.