23rd February 2024, Hyderabad
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, organised the 11th Annual Hill Rice Research Group Meeting in virtual mode today.
Dr. R M Sundaram, Director, ICAR IIRR, Hyderabad, briefed the introductory remarks on the Hill workshop. He further added that genotyping of entries in AVT2 and AVT1 trials is under progress using 1 K Rica and results will be shared with co-operators.
Dr. A K Naik, said that the work in Hill ecology should be focused on drought and cold tolerance, iron and Al toxicity tolerance, etc.
Dr. R.P Kaushik, Chairman PAMC, PI AICRPR (Dr. ASVS Swamy), urged the need for making crosses between rice genotypes of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh with genotypes of North Eastern states.
Dr. S.K Pradhan, Assistant Director General (Food & Fodder Crops) ICAR, highlighted working on candidate genes available for iron toxicity tolerance, Al toxicity tolerance, and cold tolerance.
Dr. T R Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR, emphasized the importance of pre-breeding to introduce new genes from wild relatives for Hill ecology. He suggested product profiling based on factors like high yield, cold tolerance, leaf and neck blast resistance, bio-fortification, drought tolerance, and early maturity. Dr. Sharma also suggested using host differentials or monogenic lines for blast resistance.
(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad)
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