Molecular Breeding for Rainfed Lowland Rice in the Mekong Region

In the past 20 years, the rice-breeding program in Thailand had little success in developing new cultivars to replace Kao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML105) and Kao Khor 6 (RD6) for the rainfed lowland rice environments. The main reason for the poor adoption of new cultivars by farmers is the susceptibility to...

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Main Authors: Theerayut Toojinda, Somvong Tragoonrung, Apichart Vanavichit, Jonaliza L. Siangliw, Nathinee Pa-In, Jutarat Jantaboon, Meechai Siangliw, Shu Fukai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2005-01-01
Series:Plant Production Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.8.330