National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030 (Anqhra Pradesh).
In an exploration undertaken in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh a total of 107 accessions of rice and nine wild Oryza species. were collected from 41 sites. A wide range of variability was observed in plant and panicle morphological characteristics. The germplasm was observed to possess tolerance to abiotic stress in addition to kernal quality. A number of landraces of rice grown in the region were sampled.
Collection, Iandrace, rice germplasm
