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Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of rice germplasm from north-eastern region of India and development of a core germplasm set.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Roy Choudhury Debjani, Singh Nivedita, Singh Amit Kumar, Kumar Sundeep, Srinivasan Kalyani, Tyagi R K, Ahmad Altaf, Singh N K, Singh Rakesh
Abstract excerpt
The North-Eastern region (NER) of India, comprising of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, is a hot spot for genetic diversity and the most probable origin of rice. North-east rice collections are known to possess various agronomically important traits like biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, unique grain and cooking quality. The genetic diversity and associated...
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