Inheritance of aroma in aromatic rice (OryzasativaL.)genotypes

The inheritance pattern of aroma in rice (OryzasativaL.) was carried out in thecrosses among three non-aromatic and two aromatic varieties. All the F1 plants of thethree crosses were non-aromatic indicating that the gene controlling aroma in the parentswas recessive. The segregation ratio of non-aromatic to aromatic plants was 3:1 in F2plants confirming the monogenic inheritance of aroma.