jameslitsinger.files.wordpress.com file · Web viewCitation: Gurdev S Khush, J. Bennett, S.K. Datta, D.S. Brar, and Z. Li. 1999. Advances in rice genetics and biotechnology. Pages

Citation: Gurdev S Khush, J. Bennett, S.K. Datta, D.S. Brar, and Z. Li. 1999. Advances in rice genetics and biotechnology. Pages 64-76. In: Proceedings of 19th Session of the International Rice Commission, Cairo, Egypt, 7-9 September 1998. International Rice Commission, FAO, Rome.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, rice genetics, marker genes and linkage groups, biochemical markers, DNA markers, synteny among cereal genomes, RFLP probes, comparative genetics, sorghum, maize, oats, barley, wheat, gene tagging, QLT mapping, polygenes, biotechnology, marker assisted breeding, blast, bacterial blight, tungro, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, gall midge Orseolia oryzae, insect pest resistance, disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, improvement of starch biosynthesis, gene silencing, wide hybridization, cytoplasmic diversification, alien genetic variation, wild rices,