MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF TRADITIONAL RICE VARIETIES FOR BLAST RESISTANCE AND MARKER ASSISTED INTROGRESSION OF BLAST RESISTANCE GENES INTO IR-64
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2017-09-01
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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Rice is the most valuable and primary food crop for more than 50 per cent of the
world’s population (Khush, 2005; Latif et al, 2011a). The rice consumption is increasing
and demand for rice is also moving up due to better living standards. Various studies
have suggested that, to meet the increasing demand for rice, production has to be
increased by more than 40 percent by 2030 (Khush, 2005). This challenge could be met
by development of high yielding rice varieties with tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses
(Selvaraj et al., 2011).
In the year 2015-16, rice is cultivated in an area of 160.6 million hectares and 400
lakh hectares with the production of 745.5 million tonnes (494.3 million tonnes in milled
basis) and 155.5 million tonnes (105.4 million tonnes in milled basis) in world and India,
respectively (Rice Statistics - Economic Survey 20th April 2017).
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