Provision of Lab. and Field Equipment for Development of Basmati Rice Hybrids Resistant to Bacterial Leaf Blight, Flood and Salinity in Punjab

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Physical Activities

1

Elite basmati lines will be screened for BLB, salinity and submergence stresses.

15

2

The basmati breeding material will be screened for BLB, waxy character, submergence and salt tolerance using molecular techniques.

20

3

Elite basmati lines (10) will be crossed with promising CMS lines to identify maintainers and restorers.

10

4

Lines with non-restorer genes will be converted in to CMS lines through backcrossing.

25

5

CMS lines will be maintained and small scale seed multiplication of five promising CMS lines will be done.

Maintained 12 CMS & 5 CMS lines seed multiplication

6

Evaluation of test hybrids in replicated yield trials i.e. micro plots and NURYT

2

7

Seed production of test hybrids will be done.

4

8

Testing of promising hybrids will be done under stress conditions i.e., BLB, salinity and submergence.

2

9

Promising hybrids will also be tested for Distinctness Uniformity & Stability (DUS). In micro-plots and NURYT.

2