Marker-assisted introgression of bacterial blight and blast resistance into IR 58025B, an elite maintainer line of rice

Plant Breeding

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-594

  Hari, Yadla ^a   Srinivasarao, Kommoju ^a   Viraktamath, Basavaraj C ^a   Hari Prasad, Arremsetty S ^a   Laha, Gouri S ^a   Ahmed, Mohammed I ^a   Natarajkumar, Podishetty ^a   Sujatha, Kalidindi ^a   Srinivas Prasad, Madamshetty ^a   Pandey, Manish ^a   Ramesha, Mugalodi S ^a   Neeraja, Chirravuri N ^a   Balachandran, Sena M ^a   Rani, Nallathigal S ^a   Kemparaju, Balachandra ^a   Madhan Mohan, Kolluru ^a   Sama, Venkata S A K ^a   Shaik, Hajira ^a   Balachiranjeevi, Chintavaram ^a   Pranathi, Karnati ^a   Ashok Reddy, Gajjala ^a   Madhav, Maganti S ^a   Sundaram, Raman M ^a   more..

^a DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial blight resistance; Blast resistance; Hybrid rice; IR 58025B; Marker assisted selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901286896     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12056     Document Type: Article

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