Inheritance of grain length, breadth and shape were studied in three crosses, viz. Pankaj x Badsahbhog; S 214 x Mahsuri and S 214 x S 260. The characters were largely controlled by polygene, although evidence of major genes governing the traits in somecrosses were also observed. Transgressive segregation for the chuacters was observed in two crosses.
Grain length, breadth and shape, polygenes, major genes, transgressive segregation
