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SUBMITTER: Tanweer FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682138 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanweer Fatah A FA Rafii Mohd Y MY Sijam Kamaruzaman K Rahim Harun A HA Ahmed Fahim F Ashkani Sadegh S Latif Mohammad A MA
Frontiers in plant science 20151217
Blast is the most common biotic stress leading to the reduction of rice yield in many rice-growing areas of the world, including Malaysia. Improvement of blast resistance of rice varieties cultivated in blast endemic areas is one of the most important objectives of rice breeding programs. In this study, the marker-assisted backcrossing strategy was applied to improve the blast resistance of the most popular Malaysian rice variety MR219 by introgressing blast resistance genes from the Pongsu Seri ...[more]