Naresh Kumar Sahu

Identification of Superior Transgressive Segregants from Intercrossing the Interspecific Crosses between Oryza sativa and Oryza rufipogon

Naresh Kumar Sahu, Deepak Gauraha, Abhinav Sao, M. Srinivas Prasad, S. V. Sai Prasad & Divya Balakrishnan · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the primary staple food for more than half of the world's population, making the development of high-yielding cultivars essential for global food security. The present study evaluated genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, character associat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84251

Inheritance and Segregation Pattern of Genes Xa21, xa5 and xa13 Causing Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Devarchan Nirala, Bharti Singh, Sant Ram Sahu, Naresh Kumar Sahu, Vikky Kumar, Abhinav Sao & Deepak Gauraha · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2024

The present study aims to investigate the genetic inheritance of resistance to bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in rice by analyzing the segregation of major resistance genes viz. xa5, xa13, and Xa21 in two specific crosses. BLB, caused by Xanthomonasoryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is a sign...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i101433