Introgression of blast resistance genes into the elite rice variety MR263 through marker-assisted backcrossing

• Main Authors: Muhammad M Hasan, Mohd Y Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, Maziah Mahmood, Md. Amirul Alam, Harun Abdul Rahim, Mohammad A Malek, Mohammad Abdul Latif
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2015
• Subjects: QK1-989 Botany; S1-(972) Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34899/1/Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34899/2/Fulltext.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34899/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jsfa.7222; https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.7222

BACKGROUND Blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is a significant disease threat to rice across the world and is especially prevalent in Malaysia. An elite, early-maturing, high-yielding Malaysian rice variety, MR263, is susceptible to blast and was used as the recurrent parent in this study...