Gopu Sushma

Genotyping and Identification of Candidate Genes for Resistance to Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) in Traditional Rice Varieties

Gopu Sushma, Madhu Subramanian, Mani Chellappan, Rose Mary Francies, Karthikeyan K & V Jhansi Lakshmi · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) feeds more than half of the global population, but its production is severely threatened by the rice specific pest brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål). Developing resistant rice varieties is the most cost effective control strategy, making the ident...