Breeding high-yielding drought-tolerant rice: Genetic variations and conventional and molecular approaches

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6265-6278

  Kumar, Arvind ^a   Dixit, Shalabh ^a   Ram, T ^b   Yadaw, R B ^c   Mishra, K K ^c   Mandal, N P ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

^c National Rice Research Project (NRRP)   (Nepal)

^d Central Rainfed Rice Research Station (CRURRS)   (India)

Author keywords

Direct selection; Drought; Grain yield; Marker assisted breeding; QTLs; Rice

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BREEDING; DROUGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE;

BIOMASS; BREEDING; DROUGHTS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; ORYZA SATIVA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84926160109     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru363     Document Type: Article

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