Influence of Multi-Gene Allele Combinations on Grain Size of Rice and Development of a Regression Equation Model to Predict Grain Parameters

Rice

Table 1 Allelic variation of genes involved in regulation of rice grain size

			Grain length (mm)		Grain width (mm)		Grain length to width ratio		1000 grain weight (g)
	Alleles	Germplasms	Means±SD	P value	Means±SD	P value	Means±SD	P value	Means±SD	P value
GS3	A-allele	27	9.35±0.49^a	<.0001*	2.90±0.57^b	<.0001*	3.35±0.67^a	<.0001*	28.80±6.83^a	0.1587
	B-allele	105	8.52±0.93^b		2.97±0.37^b		2.92±0.54^b		26.86±5.40^ab
	C-allele	83	7.72±0.86^c		3.28±0.39^a		2.41±0.54^c		26.66±4.12^b
GS5	Zhenshan97	17	8.65±0.79^a	0.0145*	2.87±0.34^a	0.0001*	3.09±0.61^a	0.0003*	26.40±2.57^a	0.1293
	H94	63	8.55±0.86^ab		2.94±0.41^b		2.98±0.58^a		26.03±4.00^a
	Zhonghua11	135	8.16±1.08^b		3.18±0.43^b		2.64±0.64^b		27.57±5.81^a
GS6	Type I	101	8.05±1.06^b	0.0003*	3.30±0.39^a	<.0001*	2.49±0.55^b	<.0001*	28.37±5.49^a	0.0003*
	Type II/III	114	8.55±0.92^a		2.89±0.38^b		3.03±0.62^a		25.84±4.59^b
GW2	WY3	3	8.91±0.94^a	0.3093	3.84±0.21^a	0.0021*	2.31±0.17^a	0.21	48.54±2.93^a	<.0001*
	FAZ1	212	8.31±1.02^a		3.07±0.43^b		2.78±0.65^a		26.72±4.52^b
qSW5/ GW5	Kasalath	90	8.81±0.92^a	<.0001*	2.77±0.33^c	<.0001*	3.25±0.58^a	<.0001*	26.00±4.67^b	0.0097*
	Indica II	41	8.28±0.75^b		3.11±0.29^b		2.68±0.32^b		26.61±3.51^ab
	Nipponbare	84	7.80±0.97^c		3.41±0.33^a		2.32±0.46^c		28.34±6.07^a
GW8/ OsSPL16	Basmati	111	7.99±1.05^b	<.0001*	3.27±0.41^a	<.0001*	2.51±0.61^b	<.0001*	27.74±5.47^a	0.0051*
	HJX74	66	8.75±0.81^a		2.93±0.39^b		3.06±0.56^a		27.21±4.65^a
	TN1	38	8.51±0.90^a		2.82±0.32^b		3.07±0.57^a		24.62±4.56^b