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Entities |
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CEAC |
Campo Experimental de Arroz en Chillán, Chile |
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CES |
Campo Experimental da Fazenda Capivara (of Embrapa Arroz e Feijão) |
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CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
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CIAT-Bolivia |
Centro de Investigación Agrícola Tropical, Bolivia |
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CIBA |
Centro de Investigaciones en Biotecnología Agrícola (of the Universidad Central de Venezuela) |
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CNPAF |
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Arroz e Feijão, Brazil |
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CNPMS |
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Milho e Sorgo, Brazil |
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CONAB |
Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento, Brazil |
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CONICIT |
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicos, Venezuela (now FONACIT) |
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CORPOICA |
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria |
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CRIQ |
Centro Regional de Investigación-Quilamapu, Chile |
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EEAS |
Estación Experimental Agrícola de Saavedra (of CIAT-Bolivia) |
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EMPASC |
Empresa Catarinense de Pesquisa Agropecuária S.A., Brazil (now EPAGRI) |
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EPAGRI |
Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina, Brazil (formerly EMPASC) |
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ESALQ |
Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’, Brazil |
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FEDEARROZ |
Federación Nacional de Arroceros, Colombia |
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FLAR |
Fondo Latinoamericano para Arroz de Riego |
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FONACIT |
Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Venezuela (formerly CONICIT) |
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FUNDARROZ |
Fundación Nacional del Arroz, Venezuela |
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GRUMEGA |
Grupo de Mejoramiento Genético Avanzado en Arroz |
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ICA |
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario |
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INGER |
International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice |
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INIA-Chile |
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Chile |
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INIA-Venezuela |
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas de Venezuela |
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IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
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IRGA |
Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz, Brazil |
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IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
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JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
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LLES |
‘La Libertad’ Experiment Station, Colombia |
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NERICA |
New Rice for Africa programme |
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PES |
Campo Experimental de Fazenda Palmital (of Embrapa Arroz e Feijão) |
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PES |
Palmira Experiment Station (of CIAT) |
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RENAI |
Rede Nacional de Avaliação de Arroz Irrigado, Brazil |
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SENASEM |
Servicio Nacional de Semillas, Venezuela |
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TAFDR |
Campo de Apoio à Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Tocantins, Brazil |
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UFG |
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil |
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UFLA |
Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil |
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UFV |
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil |
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UNICAMP |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
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UNNE |
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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USP |
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
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WARDA |
West Africa Rice Development Association, Côte d’Ivoire |
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Other acronyms and abbreviations |
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AC |
amylose content |
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ACP |
acid phosphatase (isoenzyme) |
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AFLPs |
amplified fragment length polymorphisms |
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ANOVA |
analysis of variance |
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B |
Bangladesh |
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BAC |
bacterial artificial chromosome |
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BC |
backcross |
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b-est |
b-esterase (isoenzyme) |
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Bl |
leaf blast (fungal disease attacking rice) |
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bp |
base pairs (for measuring the length of a DNA sequence) |
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Br |
Brazil |
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BRG |
broken grain |
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C |
Colombia |
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C0 |
base or initial population, before recurrent selection (of rice) |
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C1, C2,... |
first, second, ... recurrent selection cycle |
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CA |
California (state of USA) |
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CA |
Central America |
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CG |
calidad de grano (Spanish for grain quality in rice) |
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Ch |
China |
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CI |
confidence interval (statistics) |
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cM |
centiMorgan (also map unit, a measure used in genetics) |
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Cov |
covariance (statistics) |
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CRs |
correlated response to selection |
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CTAB |
hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide |
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CV |
coefficient of variation (statistics) |
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cv. |
cultivar |
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D |
complement of Simpson’s index |
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D |
linkage disequilibrium |
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DAP |
days after planting |
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DC |
District of Columbia (administrative division of USA) |
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DEA |
diplôme d’études approfondies (postgraduate diploma taken before completing a PhD) |
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DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
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ds |
selection differential |
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E |
uniformity index |
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EG |
empty grains (of rice) |
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EL |
extra long (grain length in rice) |
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EOB-I |
ensaio de observação de arroz irrigado (Portuguese for Observational Trials-Irrigated Rice) |
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EtB |
ethidium bromide |
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F |
family |
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F |
fertile |
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f |
Wright inbreeding coefficient |
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F1, F2, F3, ... |
first, second, third,... filial generation |
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FAB |
Federer’s augmented block design (statistics) |
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FATD |
factorial analysis table of distance (statistics) |
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FeTox |
iron toxicity |
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FG |
full grains (of rice) |
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FL |
Florida (state of USA) |
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FLR |
flowering |
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FS |
full siblings |
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G |
genetic gain |
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GD |
grain discoloration (rice disease) |
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GELT |
gelatinization temperature |
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GENEPOP |
population genetics software package |
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GL |
grain length (of rice) |
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GO |
Goiás (state of Brazil) |
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GPA |
Global Plan of Action (of FAO) |
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G/PAN |
grains per panicle |
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GR |
realized genetic gain |
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Gs |
genetic gain with total selection |
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GW1000 |
1000-grain weight (of rice) |
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GY |
grain yield |
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H |
high |
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H |
proportion of heterozygotes |
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H |
Shannon and Weaver diversity index |
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h2 |
heritability |
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He |
proportion of expected heterozygotes |
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Ho |
proportion of observed heterozygotes |
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HS |
half siblings |
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I |
index |
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I |
intermediate |
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IA |
Ingeniería Agrónomica (a qualification equivalent to a BSc in Agronomy) |
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IA |
Iowa (state of USA) |
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IDH |
isocitrate dehydrogenase (isoenzyme) |
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IDT |
index of diseased tillers (in rice) |
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ISP |
index of sick progeny |
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L |
long (grain length in rice) |
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lfa |
loci with favourable alleles |
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LOD |
lodging |
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LSD |
least significant difference (statistics) |
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M |
medium (grain length in rice) |
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MA |
Massachusetts (state of USA) |
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Mat. |
germplasm material |
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MG |
Minas Gerais (state of Brazil) |
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MN |
Minnesota (state of USA) |
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ms |
male-sterility gene |
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MS |
mean squares (statistics) |
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NB |
tassel branch number (of maize ears) |
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NBl |
neck blast (rice disease) |
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NC |
North Carolina (state of USA) |
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n.d. |
no date (used in references) |
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NDT |
number of diseased tillers (in rice) |
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NGOs |
non-governmental organizations |
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NH |
New Hampshire (state of USA) |
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NJ tree |
neighbour-joining tree (statistics) |
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p |
allelic frequency |
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P |
Peru |
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P |
plant |
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P0 |
population with no cycles |
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P1, P2, P3 |
population with one, two, or three recombinations after selection |
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PAM |
phenotypic acceptance score at maturity (for the rice crop) |
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PCI |
participatory crop improvement |
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PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
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PGI |
phospho-glucoisomerase (isoenzyme) |
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PGRFA |
plant genetic resources for food and agriculture |
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Ph |
Philippines |
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PH |
plant height |
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PI |
population improvement |
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PPB |
participatory plant breeding |
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PRA |
participatory rural appraisal |
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PVS |
participatory varietal selection |
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PW10 |
10-panicle weight (of rice) |
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QTLs |
quantitative trait loci |
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R |
range of variation |
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R |
resistant |
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RAPD |
random amplified polymorphic DNA |
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REGWQ test |
Ryan-Einot-Gabriel-Welsch multiple range test (statistics; also called REGW Q procedure) |
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Rep. China |
People’s Republic of China |
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RFLPs |
restricted fragment length polymorphisms |
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RGIP |
rice genetic improvement programme (of the Cuban Rice Research Institute) |
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RHBV |
rice ‘hoja blanca’ virus (causes white leaf disease in rice) |
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Rs |
response to selection |
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RS |
Rio Grande do Sul (state of Brazil) |
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RU |
recombination unit |
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S |
short (grain length in rice) |
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S |
stable |
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S |
summer |
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S |
susceptible |
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S0 |
maximum heterozygosity before selfing |
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S1, S2, S3, ... |
first, second, third, ... selfing generation |
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SC |
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) |
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SD |
standard deviation (statistics) |
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SEV |
means of severity (of sheath blight in rice) |
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ShB |
sheath blight (fungal disease attacking rice crops) |
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SM index |
simple mating index |
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SNPs |
single-nucleotide polymorphisms |
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SP |
São Paulo (state of Brazil) |
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SSLPs |
simple sequence length polymorphisms |
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SSRs |
simple sequence repeats (also microsatellite markers) |
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SSTE |
spikelet sterility (in rice) |
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SU |
selection unit |
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T |
traditional source of germplasm |
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T/M2 |
number of tillers per square metre (of rice) |
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TNT |
total number of tillers (in rice) |
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TSP |
triple superphosphate (fertilizer) |
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U |
unstable |
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UPGMA |
unweighted pair-group method, using the arithmetic average (statistic) |
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V |
Venezuela |
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W |
winter |
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WB |
white belly (opaque whiteness in rice grain) |
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WBI |
white belly index |
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WGY |
whole-grain yield (of rice) |
