Marker-assisted pyramiding of two major broad-spectrum bacterial blight resistance genes, Xa21 and Xa33 into an elite maintainer line of rice, DRR17B
B. CH, B. S. Naik, A. V. Kumar, H. G, M. H. Swamy, H. S. Masood, D. T. Kumar, A. Miriyala, R. Kale, Y. A, K. Pranathi, M. B. Koushik, S. Kota, V. Bhadana, A. S. Hariprasad, , R. M. Sundram
This study pyramids two bacterial blight resistance genes, Xa21 and Xa33, into the rice line DRR17B using marker-assisted backcross breeding, resulting in lines with durable resistance and agronomic traits similar to the parent.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2018Plant Biology