Performance of qualitative characters of head and grain of local gogo rice from Padang Lawas

Abstract

The performance of plant qualitative characters is a very important early stage in plant breeding programs that are influenced by simple genes. This is the basis for selecting parent sources in the assembly program for new high-yielding varieties. This research was conducted in August 2022 without a design (plant per row). The results showed that there were 6 individuals with green stems and 1 individual with yellowish green color. Based on the color character of the base of the stem, 5 individuals were found to be green, 1 individual was green with purple stripes and 1 individual was purple. In the leaf color character, there were 3 green individuals, 3 dark green individuals and 1 light green individual. There are 5 white individuals and 2 red individuals based on the character of the color of the rice. If based on the character of grain color there are 6 individuals with yellow color and 1 individual with brownish yellow color and if based on the character of the presence of grain tails there are 6 individuals who do not have grain tails and 1 individual has grain tails.