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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.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
B Laxmi Prasanna, K S Dangi, C H Damodar Raju, R Jagadeeshwar, G Rekha, Sinha Pragya, D Aleena, G Harika, S K Mastanbee, K Swapnil Ravindra, V N Kousik M B, H K Mahadeva Swamy, M Anila, R R Kale R R, T Dilip Kumar, E Punniakotti, S K Hajira, V P Bhadana, R M Sundaram
Abstract excerpt
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 gene, Pi54, and the low soil phosphorous tolerance QTL/gene, Pup1, into the genetic background of the Indian...
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