1Department of Agronomy, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
2Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
3Department of Plant Pathology, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
4Department of Agricultural Entomology, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
5Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
6International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
7Genomics Laboratory, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
8ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Pin, Telangana, India
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, 609 603, Puducherry, India
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Online Published on 10 July, 2025.