Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
Open Access
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 4

A study on hybrid sterility in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using wide compatibility variety

  • Author:
  • S. Najeeb, A.G. Rather, M.A. Zargar, F.A. Sheikh, S.M. Razvi1, Badrul Hassan2, Gul zaffer1, M. A. Ahanger
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 549 to 551

1Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

2Division of Agronomy, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

Rice Research and Regional Station, Khudwani, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Anantnag, 192102

* Email: najeeb_sofi@rediffmail.com

Online published on 12 April, 2012.

Abstract

To generate promising breeding material with high degree of cold tolerance together with good grain characteristics for different agro ecologies of the valley, use of wide compatibility variety was deployed in the present experiment to overcome the genetic impediment like hybrid sterility.

Keywords

Rice, hybrid sterility, wide compatibility variety, Kashmir