Understanding Gene Action, Combining Ability, and Heterosis to Identify Superior Aromatic Rice Hybrids Using Artificial Neural Network

Table 1

List of parents used for crossing programme.

Parent no.	Parents	Important character	Source
1	Baskota	Medium slender grain, long awn, erect broad leaves, no lodging, sturdy stem, medium tall, and light green leaves	Government training centre (W.B.)
2	Pusa Basmati-1	Long awn, medium slender grain, broad erect leaf, no lodging, sturdy stem, medium tall, and dark green leaves	Rice sub-research station, Chakada (B.C.K.V, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal)
3	BM-24	Medium tall, erect leaf, medium slender grain with short awn, light green leaf, lodging susceptible, and medium broad leaf	Rice sub-research station, Chakada (B. C. K. V., Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal)
4	Govindobhog	Short grain, medium broad leaf, medium tall, sturdy stem, light green leaf, no awn, pleasant aroma, and lodging susceptible, used as offerings to god and goddess, used for payas making.	South Bengal, Assam, Western and North-eastern part of India
5	Dehradun Pahari	Bold grain, brown husk, broad erect leaf, sturdy stem, dark green leaves, and no awn.	Government Training Centre, Phulia (W. B.)
6	Gopalbhog	Medium tall, broad erect leaf, no awn, medium bold grain, brown husk, and lodging susceptible	South Bengal, Assam, Western and North-eastern part of India
7	Tulaipanji	Narrow leaf, long awn, medium slender grain, medium tall, light green leaves, lodging susceptible, pleasant aroma, and traditional race of West Bengal	Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda (W.B.)/Deptt. Of Genetics & Plant and Crop Physiology (Visva-Bharati)