Viviparous mutants were obtained among M2 progenies of rice cultivars,
Nihonmasari, Norin 8 and Koshihikari after EMS, gamma rav or thermal
neutron mutagenesis. Frequencies of germinated seeds on panicles in th
ese mutants ranged from 9.94 to 23.56 % in 1990 and from 4.43 to 24.88
% in 1991. Single recessive genes were assumed in all the mutants bas
ed on the analysis of genetic segregation of viviparous mutants in the
ir progenies.