Multiparent-Derived, Marker-Assisted Introgression Lines of the Elite Indian Rice Cultivar, ‘Krishna Hamsa’ Show Resistance against Bacterial Blight and Blast and Tolerance to Drought

Major biotic stresses viz., bacterial blight (BB) and blast and brown plant hopper (BPH) coupled with abiotic stresses like drought stress, significantly affect rice yields. To address this, marker-assisted intercross (IC) breeding involving multiple donors was used to combine three BB resistance ge...

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Main Authors: Jyothi Badri, Gandhudi Lakshmidevi, L. R. K. JaiVidhya, Madamsetty Srinivasa Prasad, Gouri Shankar Laha, Vattikutti Jhansi Lakshmi, Subhakara Rao Isetty, Revadi Padmashree, Divya Balakrishnan, Yasaswini Vishnu Priya Varanasi, Aravind Kumar Jukanti, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Vikas Kumar Singh, Arvind Kumar, T. Ram, Lella Venkata Subba Rao, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/5/622