Red rice improvement for human nutrition and abiotic stress tolerance in Madagascar

Promising red rice lines were evaluated in three locations in Madagascar for two seasons and 11 lines were identified for high yield and stress tolerance. Three of the candidates are found to have superior yield advantage (up to 2 t/ha and stress tolerance compared to the local check.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Rice
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122491
Description
Summary:Promising red rice lines were evaluated in three locations in Madagascar for two seasons and 11 lines were identified for high yield and stress tolerance. Three of the candidates are found to have superior yield advantage (up to 2 t/ha and stress tolerance compared to the local check.