Project Number: 6203-21000-001-15
Project Type: Trust

Start Date: Jul 01, 2006
End Date: Jun 30, 2009

Objective:
Develop new knowledge on the genetic inheritance of rice kernel fissure resistance and new selection techniques that can be used by breeders to develop fissure resistant rice varieties.

Approach:
Determine if genetically combining multiple mechanisms of fissure resistance can further increase resistance levels by evaluating fissure resistance in recombinant inbred lines derived from Cybonnet x Saber. Measure the efficacy of early generation selection for fissure resistance by evaluating F3 and F4 progeny trait shift resulting from selections applied in the F2 and F3 generations of two different crosses.