IR64: a high-quality and high-yielding mega variety

Rice

Table 1 Comparison of flavor attributes of high quality IR64 and low-quality Apo (Calingacion et al. 2015)

Flavor	Apo^a	IR64^a	Apo		IR64
			Irrigated	Drought	Irrigated	Drought
Sweet taste	+	++	+	+	++	+
Corn		+			+	+
Sweet aromatic		+			+	+
Astringent	++	+	+	+		+
Water like metallic	++	+	++	++		+
Sewer/animal	++		++	++
Sour/silage	++		+	+		+
Hay-like musty			++	++	++	+