Abiotic stresses are the primary threat to crop production across the globe. Drought stress is
primary abiotic stress which is considerably limiting the global rice production and putting …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop that belongs to family Gramineae and needs
a larger amount of water to complete its life cycle as compared to other crops. Hence, rice …

Drought is the most challenging abiotic stress for rice production in the world. Thus,
developing new rice genotype tolerance to water scarcity is one of the best strategies to …

High seed vigour ensures good quality seed and higher productivity. Early seedling growth
parameters indicate seed vigour in rice. Seed vigour via physiological growth parameters is …

Bacterial blight (BB) disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is a major biotic
constraint on obtaining higher grain yields in rice. Marker-assisted backcross breeding …

Ranidhan is a popular late-maturing rice variety of Odisha state, India. The farmers of the
state suffer heavy loss in years with flash floods as the variety is sensitive to submergence …

Sesame is an important crop in West and Central Africa playing a role of an alternative cash
crop for smallholders. However, sesame productivity is highly impaired by drought. This …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important cereal crops belonging to the grass family
(Poaceae) and has the second largest area under production following maize worldwide …

The bacterial blight (BB) disease of rice is a major disease that reduces yield heavily in
susceptible varieties. Ranidhan is a late maturing popular rice variety but shows high …

Good quality seed is an important factor for a good crop and harvest. Vigour is the key
performing trait of quality seed. Many physiological traits influence seed vigour in rice …