C A Manoj, B Muralidhara, P S Basavaraj, M Honnappa, V Ajitha, D Aleena, V G Ishwaryalakshmi, G Usha, C Gireesh, P Senguttuvel, K B Kemparaju, L V Subba Rao, K Basavaraj, G S Laha, R M Sundaram, RMahender Kumar, Santosha Rathod, P M Salimath, R Lokesha, Jayateertha Diwan, Jayaprakash Mohan Nidagundi, M Gowrisankar, M S Anantha
Gangavati sona (GS) is a high-yielding, fine-grain rice variety widely grown in the Tungabhadra command area in Karnataka, India; however, it is susceptible to bacterial blight (BB). Therefore, the present study was conducted to improve the GS variety for BB resistance. Three BB-resistant genes ( xa5, xa13, and Xa21 ) were introgressed into the genetic background of susceptible cultivar GS through marker-assisted backcrossing (MABB) by using Improved samba Mahsuri (ISM), a popular, high-yielding, bacterial blight resistant rice variety as a donor parent...
December 2023: 3 Biotech