Marker-Assisted Improvement for Durable Bacterial Blight Resistance in Aromatic Rice Cultivar HUR 917 Popular in Eastern Parts of India.

Bacterial blight (BB) is a devastating disease of rice in the tropics of Indian sub-continent, where the presence of races with varying levels of genetic diversity and virulence renders disease management extremely challenging. In this context, marker-assisted improvement of plant resistance has been proven as one of the most promising approaches for the development of sustainable rice cultivars. The present study demonstrates the marker-assisted introgression of the three BB resistant genes () into the background of HUR 917, a popular aromatic short grain (ASG) rice cultivar in India.