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Marker-Assisted Development of Bacterial Blight Resistant, Dwarf, and High Yielding Versions of Two Traditional Basmati Rice Cultivars
2011-03-01
Abstract excerpt
Basmati rice, owing to its characteristic aroma and long, slender grains, is a specialized group of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and is high in demand. Traditional basmati cultivars are tall, low yielding, and susceptible to diseases, especially bacterial blight. Conventional plant breeding approaches could bring only marginal improvement in basmati yield. This study reports improvement of traditional basmati cultivars...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d86331a9-fa6b-5dae-9121-a7b6a328f8b4
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2010.06.0358
