Marker Assisted Breeding to Develop Multiple Stress Tolerant Varieties for Flood and Drought Prone Areas

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Authors

Nitika Sandhu · International Rice Research Institute

Shalabh Dixit · International Rice Research Institute

B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy · International Rice Research Institute

Anitha Raman · International Rice Research Institute

Santosh Kumar · ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region

Suresh Prasad Singh · Bihar Agricultural University

Ram Baran Yadaw

Abstract

The drought and submergence tolerant rice varieties with pyramided multiple QTLs can ensure 0.2 to 1.7 t ha<sup>- 1</sup> under reproductive stage drought stress and 0.1 to 1.0 t ha<sup>- 1</sup> under submergence conditions with no yield penalty under non-stress to farmers irrespective of occurrence of drought and/or flood in the same or different seasons.

Topics & Keywords

Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant responses to water stress Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Rice

Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 8-8

DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0269-y

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