PJB-2011-129
AGRONOMIC AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF INDUCED MUTANT RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) LINES IN EGYPT
TARIQ SHEHZAD12*#, ABD ALLAH3* ABD EL NABY ABD ALLAH3, MEGAHED HELMY AMMAR3 AND AMR FAROUK ABDELKHALIK3
Abstract
The present study was conducted at the farm of the Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, during 2000-2007 rice sowing seasons. Five rice varieties viz., Giza 171, Giza 175, Giza 176, Giza 181 and GZ 1368 were the most widely grown Japonica and Indica types in Egypt during the last period, possesses at that time many positive agronomic characteristics including wide adaptability, high yield potential, tolerance to stresses and good eating quality. But with the passage of time it has lost its vigor. In Rice Research Program, Egypt, dry seeds of the above mentioned varieties were treated with different doses of gamma rays (100
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