Research Article

Response of Crop Water Requirement and Yield of Irrigated Rice to Elevated Temperature in Bangladesh

Table 4

Genetic coefficient calibration of BRRI dhan28 for Bangladesh condition.

ParameterMeaningDefault (BR14)BRRI dhan28

P1Time period in GDD (growing degree days) in °C above a base temperature from seedling emergence during which the rice plant is not responsive to changes in photoperiod560825
P2OCritical photoperiod or the longest day length (in hours) at which the development occurs at a maximum rate11.512.6
P2RExtent to which phasic development leading to panicle initiation is delayed (expressed as GDD in °C) for each hour increase in photoperiod above P2O200150
P5Time period in GDD °C from beginning of grain filling to physiological maturity500425
G1Potential spikelet number coefficient as estimated from the number of spikelets per g of main culm dry weight4550
G2Single grain weight () under ideal growing conditions0.0260.022
G3Tillering coefficient (scalar value) relative to IR64 cultivar1.01.0
G4Temperature tolerance coefficient1.01.0