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Identification of salt tolerant rice cultivars via phenotypic and marker-assisted procedures.
Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS - 15 Dec 2007
Bhowmik Salil Kumar, Islam Mirza Mofazzal, Emon Reza Mohammad, Begum Shamsun Nahar, Siddika Aysha, Sultana Sharmin
Abstract excerpt
Eleven genotypes, including the salt tolerant cultivar Pokkali as check, were used to evaluate salinity tolerance phenotypically and genotypically. Three selected SSR primers viz., RM7075, RM336 and RM253 were used to evaluate rice genotypes for salt tolerance. Two setups were maintained for this study viz., the seedling and reproductive stages. Phenotyping at the seedling stage was done in hydroponic system...
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