Table 4 Agronomic and quality characteristics of wild-type “Kitahonami” and the mutant “28511”

Agronomic characteristics

 Maturity stage (date)^a

July 25, 2017

July 26, 2017

 Grain weight (kg/ha)

7,470

6,460

 1000-grain weight (g)

41.5

36.9

Quality characteristics

 Grain protein content (%)

11.2

13.0

 Flour ash content (%)

1.01

1.07

 Flour yield (%)

71.0

70.1

 Flour color

L*

87.34

86.55

a*

–0.94

–0.56

b*

15.43

14.38