Early growth cover and Chlorophyll measurements
Early growth cover (Table 4 and Sup Fig .4) of the white commercial
cultivar and 53-3-B was low as compared to other lines (such as 53-1-W)
at 33 DAS. 53-1-B and 53-2-B exhibited the highest values of EGC.
Leaf chlorophyll content was measured at 42 DAS (a, b, and total Chl).
Both the commercial white cultivar and pure brown 44A-163-B line had a
very similar midrange value (Table 5). Both 53-3-B and 53-1-B contained
the highest Chl (b, and total Chl) among the evaluated lines. Whereas
53-2-B exhibited the opposite patterns in terms of Chl levels.
Interestingly, all three brown lines presented a low Chla/Chlb ratio.