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Table 1 Comparison of flavour attributes in Apo and IR64 from irrigated and drought treatments with sensory qualities/attributes as previously reported by Champagne et al. ( 2010 )

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

^aAdapted from Champagne et al. (2010).
Eight panelists indicated the strength of the perceived aromatic characteristic of the sample using a 3 point scale.