DNA marker based diversity across rice genotypes and advanced breeding lines bred for temperate regions of North-West India.

Background: Characterization and evaluation of plant genetic resources play an important role for their utilization in the crop improvement programmes.

Methods And Results: This study involves the agro-morphological and cooking quality besides, molecular characterization of 51 genotypes/advance breeding lines of rice from Kashmir Himalayas. Significant variability was observed for all agro-morphological and cooking quality traits among all the studied genotypes.