Rainfed Lowland Rice Project (I.C.A.R.) Agricultural Research Institute, Patna (Bihar).
Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar Agricultural Research Institute, Mithapur, Patna (Bihar).
The paper highlights the richness of genetic diversity in landraces in Bihar. Progress of work done on exploration, collection, maintenance, evaluation, utilization, seed supply and storage of rice landraces in the state and their current status have been presented.
Landrace, Oryza, diversity, ecosystem, genotype
