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

Table 7

Some of the best F₁ hybrids in terms of high SCA effect and per se performance for different quantitative characters.

Character	Hybrids	SCA effect	Better parent heterosis	Per se performance
Plant height	Govindobhog × Tulaipanji	−31.08	−20.38	123.10
	BM-24 × Dehradun Pahari	−12.29	5.83	132.50
	BM-24 × Gopalbhog	−17.98	1.49	132.75
	Baskota × Govindobhog	−13.98	15.37	137.90
Main panicle length	BM-24 × Gopalbhog	3.91	18.30	32.00
Exsertion length	Baskota × BM-24	4.91	95.88	12.13
	BM-24 × Govindobhog	5.53	110.90	12.00
Leaf area	Baskota × Dehradun Pahari	14.60	55.50	44.59
	Pusa Basmati-1 × BM-24	14.16	55.64	48.82
	Pusa Basmati-1 × Govindobhog	12.80	21.26	56.09
	BM-24 × Tulaipanji	8.32	34.02	37.58
Total effective tillers	BM-24 × Dehradun Pahari	10.52	108.51	24.50
	BM-24 × Gopalbhog	11.69	99.30	28.50
Spikelet number/panicle	Baskota × BM-24	58.94	71.28	328.00
	Baskota × Tulaipanji	57.24	50.70	270.25
	Pusa Basmati-1 × Govindobhog	75.44	14.33	340.50
	BM-24 × Dehradun pahari	103.94	78.07	341.00
	BM-24 × Tulaipanji	171.36	119.11	419.60
Filled grain/panicle	Baskota × Dehradun pahari	37.50	48.63	163.25
	Baskota × Tulaipanji	44.18	82.89	200.88
	BM-24 × Tulaipanji	139.11	159.69	295.40
	Dehradun Pahari × Tulaipanji	34.96	71.80	171.00
	Dehradun Pahari × Tulaipanji	5.85	8.09	83.75
Test weight	Baskota × Pusa Basmati-1	0.895	12.01	6.30
	Pusa Basmati-1 × Tulaipanji	0.774	29.07	5.15
Seed yield/plant	BM-24 × Dehradun pahari	25.43	138.41	47.46
	Baskota × Tulaipanji	15.79	74.66	38.80

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