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Table 2 Grain type (Ramaiah 1985) of 475 inbred rice cultivars notified by Government of India from 1995–96 to 2018–19 in BS production chain

From: Impact of breeder seed multiplication and certified quality seed distribution on rice production in India

Groups

Long slender (LS, KL > 6 mm, and L/B > 3.0)*

Medium slender (MS, KL < 6 mm, and L/B of 2.5–3.0)

Short slender (SS, KL < 6 mm, and L/B of > 3.0)

Long bold

(LB, KL > 6 mm, and L/B of < 3.0)

Short bold

(SB, KL < 6 mm, and L/B of < 2.5)

Cultivars (No.)

Aerobic rice

3

2

 

1

 

6

Aromatic short grains

 

2

  

3

5

Basmati group

4

    

4

Boro rice

2

3

  

1

6

Deep water rice

 

1

  

1

2

Hill rice irrigated

5

1

1

3

8

18

Hill upland rice

 

2

 

1

2

5

Irrigated-early

27

15

 

12

9

63

Irrigated-late

 

2

  

2

4

Irrigated medium

33

26

1

14

2

76

Irrigated mid-early

25

15

4

9

5

58

Irrigated rice-saline/alkaline

8

3

 

6

4

21

Rainfed shallow lowland

18

35

2

15

16

86

Rainfed upland

24

11

1

22

8

66

Scented rice

35

5

2

 

1

43

Semi deep water

2

3

 

3

4

12

Grand total

186

126

11

86

66

475

  1. Source data: Additional file 1: Table S1, *Kernel length (KL)
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