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SUBMITTER: Pradhan SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728354 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20190905 1
Bacterial blight (BB) disease and submergence due to flash flood are the two major constraints for achieving higher yield from rainfed lowland rice. Marker-assisted backcross breeding was followed to develop submergence tolerant and durable BB resistant variety in the background of popular cultivar 'Swarna'. Four BB resistance genes viz., Xa4, xa5, xa13, Xa21 and Sub1 QTL for submergence tolerance were incorporated into the mega variety. Foreground selection for the five target genes was perform ...[more]