Mahyco Research Centre, Dawalwadi, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited, Aurangabad Road, Jalna-431203, Maharashtra
*Corresponding author's e-mail: anjanabha.bhattacharya@mahyco.com
Online published on 28 August, 2014.
A study was undertaken to develop an effective protocol to generate doubled haploid plants from a proprietary Mahyco hybrid MRP5401. A total of 20,300 anthers were plated on four different DH media (basal N6 + phytohormones) and obtained a callus induction success rate of 1.52%, of which 0.48% developed into green plants. A total of 232 lines were obtained of which, 98 lines showed homozygosity in DH2–3 generations. Well established DH lines from MRP5401 in DH3 generation had early flowering and yield gain.
Rice, doubled haploid (DH), anther culture, hybrid, callus induction, plant regeneration, genetic analysis