Rice is an important staple food for nearly half the world's population. In Malaysia, rice and
paddy cultivation kickstarted in the early 60s with small-scale farming, which later expanded …

Bacterial leaf blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo) and blast caused by
Magnaporthe oryzae are major diseases responsible for significant yield loss in rice …

The most vital aspect of marker-assisted backcross breeding is the recurrent parent genome
recovery. This enables the selection of only parents with recovered recipient/recurrent …

Blast is the most common biotic stress leading to the reduction of rice yield in many rice-
growing areas of the world, including Malaysia. Improvement of blast resistance of rice …

Heritability is a measure of possible genetic advancement under selection. Estimation of
variance components could imply partitioning of genetic variability over different sources of …

Wild rice (Oryza rufipogon L) is known as an important germplasm that has specific
desirable attributes and a high genetic diversity. The physicochemical and antioxidant …

BACKGROUND: We evaluated glycaemic response of a brown rice variant (BR) developed
by cross‐breeding. Subjects (n= 9) consumed 50 g carbohydrate equivalents of BR, white …

Consumption of white rice predisposes some Asian populations to increased risk of type 2
diabetes. We compared the postprandial glucometabolic responses to three newly …

Physicochemical properties of 10 rice advanced breeding lines (BC2F7) across 3
environments in Malaysia were evaluated. Highly significant G× E interactions for all …

A significant part of marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) is recurrent parent genome
recovery (RPGR). The purpose of this study was to introduce MABB-mediated resistance …