Annexure I
TABLE OF CHARACTERISTICS


No.

Characteristics

States

Note

Example varieties

Stage of observation

Type of assessment

Quality Characters:

1.

Varieties with endosperm amylose absent only polished grain: Expression of white belly

  • Absent or very small

  • Small

  • Medium

  • Large

  • Very Large

1

3
5
7
9

 

90

MG

2.

Decorticated grain: Presence of aroma

  • Mild

  • Optimum

  • Strong

3
5
7

Kasturi
Pusa Basmati-1
Taroari Basmati

92

MG

3.

Decorticated Grain: Gel Consistency

  • Soft

  • Medium

  • Hard

1
3
5

 

92

MS

Parental Lines and Hybrids:

4.

Male Sterility Group

  • CMS

  • TGMS

  • PGMS

  • PTGMS

  • Transgenic

1
3
5
7
9

IR 58025 A
MLTG-4
Nong Ken 58 S
-
-

80-100

 

5.

Pollen Sterility

  • Completely Sterile (100%)

  • Highly sterile (90-99%)

  • Sterile (85-89%)

  • Partially Sterile(80-84%)

  • Fertile (0-5%)

1
 
3
 
5 
7
9

IR58025A

-

-
IR 62829A
IR 58025B

70-100

 

6.

Spikelet Sterility

  • Completely sterile (100%)

  • Highly Sterile (95-995)

  • Sterile (85-94%)

  • Partially Sterile (70-84%)

  • Fertile (0-10%)

1
3
5
7
9

IR 58025 A
-
-
IR 62829A
IR 58025B

90-140

 

7.

Fertility restoration in hybrids

 

 

80-140

 

 

i)Based on pollen fertility

  • Very good (>95%)

  • Good (80-94%)

  • Medium (70-79%)

  • Poor (60-69%)

  • Very Poor (<60%)

1
 
3
5
7
9

KRH-2
 
PHB-71
PA-6201
APHR-1
-

 

 

 

ii) Based on Spikelet Fertility

  • Very good (>90%)

  • Good (85-90%)

  • Medium (75-85%)

  • Poor (60-75%)

  • Very Poor (<60%)

1

3
5
7
9

KRH-2

PHB-71
PA-6201
APHR-1
-

 

 

8. Stigma Exsertion in Male sterile lines

  • Very high exsertion (>80%)

  • High Exsertion (60-79%)

  • Medium Exsertion (40-59%)

  • Low Exsertion (20-40%)

  • Very Poor Exsertion (<20%)

1

3

5

7

9

DRR 6A

DRR 7A

IR 68888A

APMS 6A

PMS 3A

 80-110  
9. Angle of glume opening

  • Wide (>450)

  • Medium (31-440)

  • Narrow  (<300)

1
5
9

IR 67684 A
IR 62829A
IR 58025A

    

Stress Related Characters:
Problem Soils:
10. Alkali injury and salty injury

  • Growth & tillering nearly normal  

  • Growth nearly normal but some reduction in tillering and some leaves discoloured# whitish (alkali)/rolled (salt).  

  • Grwoth & tillering reduced, most leaves discoloured (alkali)/rolled (salt).  

  • Growth completely ceases : most leaves dry, some plants dying.  

  • Almost all plants dead or dying

 1
 

3

 

 

5

 

 

7


9

  21-37 VG

# Leaf is counted as discoloured or dead if more than half of its area is discoloured or dead.
Note: Observations on zinc deficiency and iron toxicity also to be recorded.
Temperature:      
11.

I.  Cold Tolerance
At seedling stage

  • Seedlings dark green

  • Seedlings light green

  • Seedlings yellow

  • Seedlings brown

  • Seedlings dead

 1
 
3
 
5
7
9		   10-92 VG
Tillering to maturity stages

  • Plants have a normal colour; rate of growth and flowering normal.  

  • Plants slightly stunted; growth slightly retarded.  

  • Plants moderately stunted, leaves yellowish & development delayed.  

  •  Plants severely stunted, leaves yellow and development delayed and panicles poorly exserted.  

  •  Plants severely stunted, with leaves brown, development much delayed and panicles not exserted.

1
   

  
 
3

 
5


 

  
7
 

 
  
  

 9

 

      
Spikelet Fertility at maturity:

  • More than 80%  

  • 61-80%  

  •  41-60%  

  • 11-40%  

  •  Less than 11%

1
3
5
7
9		   92 MG
Note: Observe difference in vigour along with subtle changes in leaf colour. The optimum time to make observations would be seedling, tillering and flowering and maturity stages.
12.

II. Heat Tolerance

Spikelet fertility

  • More than 80%

  • 61-80%

  • 41-60%

  • 11-40%

  • Less than 11%

 1
3
5
7
9		      
Drought
13.

III. Drought sensitivity

Leaf rolling at vegetative stage

  • Leaves start to fold (shallow V-shape)

  • Leaves folding (deep V-shape)

  • Leaves fully cupped (U-shape)

  • Leaf margins touching (O-shape)

  • Leaves tightly rolled

 1
 

3

5
 
 
7
  
 
9		      
IV. Leaf drying at vegetative stage

  • Slightly top drying

  • Top drying extended upto ¼  th length in most leaves.

  • One fourth to one half of all leaves fully dried.

  • More than two thirds of all leaves fully dried.

  • All plants apparently dead

 1
3
 
 
 
5
 
 
7
 

9		      
V. Spikelet 
     fertility at
     maturity  

  • More than 80%  

  • 61-80%  

  • 41-60%  

  • 11-40%  

  • Less than 11%  

1
3
5
7
9		      
VI. Drought sensitivity  

Note:  
Drought sensitivity is highly interactive with crop phenology, plant growth prior to stress and timing, duration and intensity of drought stress. For many soils, it takes at least 2 rainless weeks to cause marked differences in drought sensitivity during the vegetative stage and at least 7 rainless days during the productive stage to cause severe drought injury. Leaf rolling precedes leaf drying during drought. Repeated ratings are recommended through progress of the drought. Record the stage of plant growth when the stress occurred and the number of stress days.  

VII. Drought recovery#  

  • 90-100%  

  • 70-89%  

  • 40-69%  

  • 20-39%  

  • 0-19%  

1
3
5
7
9		      
#: Scores are taken after 10 days following soaking rains or watering. Indicate degree of stress before recovery.  
VIII.   Deept Water          
14. IX. Stem Elongation  

  • Best elongation response

  • Response better than that of elongation, semi -dwarf, but not as good as than of the best local floating variety.

  • Response similar to that of elongating, semi dwarf.  

  • Response better than that of the non  - elongation semi -dwarf but not as good as than of elongating semi-dwarf.  

  • Poorest elongation or none

1

3






5



7





9		      
Note: Some rices can elongate and grow in areas annually flooded to varying depths. The scale is based on the performance of check varieties. Specify water depth under which the data was recorded.
15. X. Submergence Tolerance comparative % survival.  

  • 100%  

  • 95-99%  

  • 75-94%  

  • 50-74%  

  • 0-49%  

1
3
5
7
9		   10 - 19 VG
Note
(a)		 For greenhouse screening count for % survival(s) of test entries and resistant control entry such as FR 13A. Compute for % comparative survival value as follows:  
% survival of entry
----------------------------- * 100
% survival of control
(b) For field evaluation, the period of submergence varies and often is not under full experimental control. Record actual % of plants that survived.  
16. XI.  Kneeing ability  

  • Tiller angle greater than 45º for 50% of tillers.  

  • Tiller angle greater than 45ºfor 25% of tillers.

  • Maximum tiller angle is less than 45ºfor 50% of tillers (tiller angle greater than 45ºfor 1 or 2 tillers).

  • Maximum tiller angle less than 30 .

  • No kneeing

1


3



5




 
7


9		   30 - 40 VG
17. I. Crop damage (pest & disease)

  • Highly resistant

  • Resistant

  • Moderately resistant

  • Moderately susceptible

  • Susceptible

 1
3
5

7

9		     VG
Note: Leaf blast, brown spot, bacterial leaf blight, rice tungro virus, sheath blight, sheath rot, brown plant hopper, white backed plant hopper, stem borer, leaf folder, gall midge.
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