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Introgression of blast resistance genes into the elite rice variety MR263 through marker-assisted backcrossing.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 15 Mar 2016
Hasan Muhammad M, Rafii Mohd Y, Ismail Mohd Razi, Mahmood Maziah, Alam Md Amirul, Abdul Rahim Harun, Malek Mohammad A, Latif Mohammad Abdul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is a significant disease threat to rice across the world and is especially prevalent in Malaysia. An elite, early-maturing, high-yielding Malaysian rice variety, MR263, is susceptible to blast and was used as the recurrent parent in this study. To improve MR263 disease resistance, the Pongsu Seribu 1 rice variety was used as donor of the blast resistance...
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