Fig. 1

Variations in aromatic short grain rice genotypes for different phenotypic characters. a Shape of ligule (L–R: split, acute); b leaf auricle (L–R: present, absent); c internode colour (L–R: green, light gold, purple line); d basal leaf sheath colour (L–R: green, light purple, purple line, purple); e tip colour of lemma (L–R: white, purple, black); f grain type (L–R: short bold, medium bold, medium slender, medium long); g lemma-palea colour (straw, brown furrow, brown, red, purple, purple furrow, black, brown spot)