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Development of Intraspecific Hybrid of (Iuron 18 X Dular), (Iuron 21 X
Dular), (Iuron 18 X Pokkali) and (Iuron 21 X Pokkali) Rice Varieties.
Nurul Athirah Binti Karim
Supervisor: Dr. Rohayu Binti Ma’arup
Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)
School of Food Science and Technology
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important staple crop that feeds more than one half of the
world’s population. However, drought and salinity are major factors responsible for
dramatic yield loss in rice. Drought tolerant variety Dular and salinity tolerant variety
Pokkali shown significant tolerance in both salt and water deficit conditions in field
trials studies in few published research. Therefore, developing hybrid through
conventional breeding method of high yield upland rice (IURON 21 and 18) observed
in International upland rice observational nursery with these two varieties would give
potential drought or salinity tolerant hybrid lines with high yield production. Simple
sequence repeats (SSR) markers will be used for hybrid confirmation and selection for
future research program.
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