<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection"^^ . "Bacterial blight (BB) is a major production threat to Basmati, the aromatic rice prized for its unique quality. In order to improve the BB resistance of two elite, traditional BB-susceptible Basmati varieties (Taraori Basmati and Basmati 386), we utilized the strategy of limited marker-assisted backcrossing for introgression of two major BB resistance genes, Xa21 and xa13, coupled with phenotype-based selection for improvement of their plant type and yield. Improved Samba Mahsuri, an elite high-yielding, fine-grain-type BB-resistant rice variety served as donor for BB resistance. Backcross-derived improved Basmati lines at BC1F5 possessing a single resistance gene (i.e. either Xa21 or xa13) displayed moderate resistance to BB, while lines possessing both Xa21 and xa13 showed significantly higher levels of resistance. Two-gene pyramid lines (Xa21 + xa13) possessing good grain and cooking quality similar to their respective traditional Basmati parents, short plant stature (<110 cm plant height) and higher grain yield than the recurrent parent(s) were identified and advanced. This work demonstrates the successful application of marker-assisted selection in conjunction with phenotype-based selection for targeted introgression of multiple resistance genes into traditional Basmati varieties along with improvement of their plant stature and yield."^^ . "2013" . . "31" . "1" . . "Springer Netherlands"^^ . . . "Molecular Breeding"^^ . . . "15729788" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "R M"^^ . "Sundaram"^^ . "R M Sundaram"^^ . . "Y"^^ . "Hari"^^ . "Y Hari"^^ . . "M S"^^ . "Madhav"^^ . "M S Madhav"^^ . . "A K P"^^ . "Sivaranjani"^^ . "A K P Sivaranjani"^^ . . "G S"^^ . "Varaprasad"^^ . "G S Varaprasad"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Srinivasa Rao"^^ . "K Srinivasa Rao"^^ . . "L V"^^ . "Subba Rao"^^ . "L V Subba Rao"^^ . . "G S"^^ . "Laha"^^ . "G S Laha"^^ . . "M K"^^ . "Pandey"^^ . "M K Pandey"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Suneetha"^^ . "K Suneetha"^^ . . "I"^^ . "Sudharshan"^^ . "I Sudharshan"^^ . . "N"^^ . "Shobha Rani"^^ . "N Shobha Rani"^^ . . "B C"^^ . "Viraktamath"^^ . "B C Viraktamath"^^ . . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection (Other)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #7379 \n\nImprovement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .