The Asian Rice Gall Midge is one of the most important pests of rice, causing substantial yield losses in major rice-growing regions. WGL-962 (Warangal Vari-2) is a high-yielding, short-duration rice variety with medium slender grains; however, it is susceptible to gall midge inf...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i64021
Rice is a vital staple crop, especially in Asia and India, but its sustainable production is threatened by population growth, limited resources, and climate change. Genetic diversity and divergence analysis are essential in rice breeding, as they enable the development of high-yi...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i44188
This study performed molecular screening of rice genotypes, which showed no gall infestation in field conditions at the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Jagtial, during rabi, 2021-22. using functional markers such as “gm3del3” for the gm3 gene, “LRR del” for the Gm4...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111620
R. Shravan Kumar, Y. Hari, U. Nagabhushanam, V. Venkanna, B. Madavi, Ch. Anusha, D. Aswini, K. Rajendra Prasad, B. Satish Chandra, G. Neelima & R. Uma Reddy·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2024
A study was conducted for two years during 2022 and 2023 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal, Telangana, India to know the virulence of gall midge on rice varieties with known gall midge resistant genes at Warangal. During both the years i.e., 2022 and 2023, the v...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91418
R. Shravan Kumar, Y. Hari, K. Rajendra Prasad, B. Satish Chandra, U. Nagabhushanam, B. Madavi, G. Neelima, D. Ashwini, V. Venkanna & R. Uma Reddy·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2024
Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvatalugens Stal (Homoptera: Delphacidae), is one of the most destructive insect pests causing significant yield losses in rice production. During Kharif, 2021, a set of 91 rice cultures were screened against brown plant hopper (BPH) through standar...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91279
The experiment was conducted during Rabi 2023-24 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal. The Asian gall midge Orseolia oryzae is one of the major pests of rice which is causing significant economic loss to the crop. Thirty nine rice cultures along with resistant chec...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i92327
Forty five rice genotypes were evaluated in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) at Regional Agricultural Research station, Polasa, during kharif 2023 to determine the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance for ten traits. Analysis of variance showed significant variat...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82753
Genetic divergence and variability was assessed among 33 elite germplasm lines which were evaluated in RBD at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal with an objective to classify and understand the nature and magnitude of genetic diversity and variability with regard...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1830769
Increasing grain yield remains a primary objective in rice breeding to ensure global food security. Heterosis, which exploits the superiority of F₁ hybrids over their parents, is among the most effective genetic tools for achieving yield gains. The present study was conducted at...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i104410
Bacterial leaf blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is an important disease of rice that can substantially reduce crop performance under favourable disease conditions. The present study was conducted to identify elite rice lines resistant to bacterial leaf blight usin...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74086
Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, is a major constraint to rice production and requires the identification of resistant breeding material through reliable screening approaches. The present study evaluated stable rice breeding lines for leaf blast resistance by integrating...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74058
Aim: The aim of this study was to find out the resistant rice cultures through screening against BPH under field and glass house conditions. Study Design: Field screening was carried out in RBD design with two replications whereas glass house screening was done by following Stand...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82814
This study was conducted with 43 genotypes to study the variability and correlation for fourteen traits at Regional Agricultural Research Station, PJTAU, Polasa, Jagtial, Telangana during the Kharif, 2024. Significant genetic variability was recorded for all the traits studied. G...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82698
The study's main objectives were to analyze rice path coefficients and look at the associations between different features. 24 hybrids were created by crossing four CMS lines with six elite restorers utilizing a Line × Tester design. During the Rabi 2023–2024, these hybrids, the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84911
The current research was conducted with an objective to study the correlation between different traits and path coefficient analysis in rice. Four CMS lines were crossed with eight elite restorers in a Line × Tester design and the resultant 32 hybrids were evaluated along with th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193700
Pollen fertility can be restored by nuclear-encoded genes known as fertility restorer (Rf) genes. The initial stage in creating high-yielding heterotic hybrids involves the identification of restorers capable of effectively restoring the fertility of CMS lines. Hybrid rice breedi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183531
In the current investigation, eight lines KNM 12444, KNM 12469, KNM 12472, KNM 13449, KNM 13555, KNM 13568, KNM 14913 and KNM 14985 were crossed with four testers namely Aganni, IBT MRR 24, INRC 3021 and WGL 1119 in Line by Tester mating design during rabi season of 2021-22. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92566
The experimens were carried out under four seasons with 9 rice genotypes at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal, Telangana State, India during kharif season (July to November) 2019 (E1), rabi season (December to April) 2019-20 (E2), kharif season (July to November) 2...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i111362
Genetic variability is the foundation of effective selection in crop improvement. Fifty rice germplasm lines were evaluated during the kharif season of 2025 at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Polasa, Jagtial, Telangana, India, using a randomised block design with two...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86221
BPH, Nilaparvata lugens (Delphacidae: Homoptera) infestation on most of the resistant and moderately resistant backcross derived rice genotypes and resistant checks (PTB 33 and BM 71) resulted in an increase in the phenolic content in the infested plants leaf sheath. The percenta...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81156
The current experiment was conducted at the PG Research Block, College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, during Kharif 2017- 2018 to determine the genetic diversity of 40 tomato genotypes at the molecular level using SSR primers. Genomic DNA from each genotype was extrac...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i52332
The aim of the study was to determine the genotype x environment interaction and stability performance of fifteen rice hybrids in three different production seasons during 2016, 2017 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal, Telangana. Data was subjected to the additi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4831214
Rice is one of the most widely cultivated crop species in the world. Drought, a major constraint in upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) led to the unstable yields. The inconsistent yields often aggravated by the severe incidence of blast disease in many areas of rainfed ecosystem. To i...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2330866