Marker assisted pedigree breeding based improvement of the Indian mega variety of rice MTU1010 for resistance against bacterial blight and blast and tolerance to low soil phosphorus.

Rice production is affected by many biotic and abiotic stresses; among them, bacterial blight (BB) and blast diseases and low soil phosphorous stress cause significant yield losses. The present study was carried out with the objective of combining the BB resistance gene, Xa21, the blast resistance g...

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Main Authors: Laxmi Prasanna B, Dangi K S, Damodar Raju C H, Jagadeeshwar R, Rekha G, Pragya Sinha, Aleena D, Harika G, Mastanbee S K, Swapnil Ravindra K, Kousik M B V N, Mahadeva Swamy H K, Anila M, Kale R R R R, Dilip Kumar T, Punniakotti E, Hajira S K, Bhadana V P, Sundaram R M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260535