Marker-assisted backcrossing to develop a fragrant rice variety from crossing between rice varieties MR269 and Basmati 370

• Main Author: Lau, Wendy Chui Phing
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70340/1/FP%202017%2021%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70340/

Fragrant rice is highly demanded by Malaysian consumers. Malaysia has to import fragrant rice from fragrant rice-producing countries, which is a costly expenditure. Furthermore, traditional Basmati and Thai fragrant rice varieties are not suitable to be grown in Malaysia due to low yield and their f...