Current status of genomic resources on wild relatives of rice.
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SUBMITTER: Kamboj R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7272243 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
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Current status of genomic resources on wild relatives of rice.
Kamboj Richa R Singh Balwant B Mondal Tapan Kumar TK Bisht Deepak Singh DS
Breeding science 20200319 2
Rice is a food crop of global importance, cultivated in diverse agro-climatic zones of the world. However, in the process of domestication many beneficial alleles have been eroded from the gene pool of the rice cultivated globally and eventually has made it vulnerable to a plethora of stresses. In contrast, the wild relatives of rice, despite being agronomically inferior, have inherited a potential of surviving in a range of geographical habitats. These adaptations enrich them with novel traits ...[more]
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