Publications by authors named "Motilal Behera"
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- The aus rice varietal group includes different seasonal ecotypes and is known for its unique stress tolerance, but much about its genetic factors affecting yield is still unclear.
- In this study, researchers analyzed 181 aus accessions using over 399,000 SNP markers to understand their genetic structure and evaluated 11 agronomic traits, identifying specific traits associated with geographic subpopulations.
- Through genome-wide association studies, significant genes like OsSAC1, OsGLT1, and OsPUP4 were linked to various yield and structural traits, providing valuable insights for future rice breeding efforts.
Rice sheath blight (ShB) disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA, is one of the devastating diseases and causes severe yield losses all over the world. No completely resistant germplasm is known till now, and as a result, the progress in resistance breeding is unsatisfactory. Basic studies to identify candidate genes, QTLs, and to better understand the host-pathogen interaction are also scanty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Indian initiative, in creating mutant resources for the functional genomics in rice, has been instrumental in the development of 87,000 ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutants, of which 7,000 are in advanced generations. The mutants have been created in the background of Nagina 22, a popular drought- and heat-tolerant upland cultivar. As it is a pregreen revolution cultivar, as many as 573 dwarf mutants identified from this resource could be useful as an alternate source of dwarfing.
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