The first step in plant breeding is to identify suitable genotypes containing the desired genes
among existing varieties, or to create one if it is not found in nature. In nature, variation …

Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is the most severe
diseases of rice. Using classical plant breeding techniques, breeders have developed a …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important source of staple food to a major portion of human
population. The production of rice is reduced by several kinds of biotic stresses. The main …

Objective Heavy ion beam, which has emerged as a new mutagen in the mutation breeding
of crops and ornamental plants, is expected to result in the induction of novel mutations. This …

The rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity is often adversely disturbed by several abiotic and
biotic stresses such as drought, submergence, fungal, bacterial, and nematode oriented …

The mutagenic effects of gamma irradiation on the agro-morphological traits of eggplant
accessions were investigated to induce useful genetic variability for further breeding …

Abstract Purpose Kala Jirga and Ajara Ghansal are the non-basmati aromatic rice landraces
having small grains and good cooking qualities. In spite of huge demand these landraces …

Induced mutagenesis is now an established method for crop improvement. Mutation
techniques by using ionizing radiations and other mutagens have successfully produced …

By using the genealogy of hybrid rice, Mahsuri, developed in Malaysia by Japanese
agronomists in the 1960s, this article tells a story of agricultural modernization in Asia that …

Mentik wangi is one of the local rice varieties in Indonesia less attractive to farmers. That is
because the rice Mentik wangi has some weakness, namely a long harvest time, easy to …