Four decades of breeding for varietal improvement of irrigated lowland rice in the International Rice Research Institute

Plant Production Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Peng, Shaobing ^a   Khush, Gurdev S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Breeding; Disease resistance; Grain quality; Insect resistance; Irrigated rice; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0141570583     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.6.157     Document Type: Review

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