Global food demand is expected to nearly double by 2050 due to an increase in the world's
population. The Green Revolution has played a key role in the past century by increasing …

Advances in molecular biology including genomics, high-throughput sequencing, and
genome editing enable increasingly faster and more precise cultivar development …

The production and productivity of rice has been challenged due to biotic and abiotic factors.
Bacterial blight (BB) disease, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is one of the …

Abstract Worldwide, more than 3.5 billion people depend on rice for more than 20% of their
daily calories. Global rice demand is estimated to rise from 723 million tons in 2015 to 763 …

Rice is the most important food crop worldwide and sustainable rice production is important
for ensuring global food security. Biotic stresses limit rice production significantly and among …

Abstract Pusa Basmati 1121 (PB 1121) is a landmark Basmati rice variety having Basmati
quality traits introgressed from traditional Basmati varieties such as Basmati 370 and Type 3 …

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the
most serious bacterial diseases that hinder the normal growth and production of rice, which …

Marker‐assisted selection is an unequivocal translational research tool for crop
improvement in the genomics era. Pusa Basmati 1 (PB1) is an elite Indian Basmati rice …

Pusa Basmati 1121 (PB1121), an elite Basmati rice cultivar is vulnerable to salinity at
seedling stage. A study was undertaken to impart seedling-stage salt tolerance into PB1121 …

Because of the frequent breakdown of major resistance (R) genes, identification of new
partial R genes against rice blast disease is an important goal of rice breeding. In this study …