Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Genetic Improvement of Rice in Nigeria for Enhanced Yeild and Grain Quality - A Review

Abiwon Babatunde Oluwaseyi, Dambaba Nehemmiah, Salihu Bolaji Zuluqurineen

Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · pp. 1–18 · Published 21 Sep 2016

10.9734/ARJA/2016/28675

Abstract

The development of rice with high yield and grain quality is one of the main goals of rice breeding programs all over the world. In Nigeria, Rice breeders have been successful in improving the crop for different characteristics, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. An example of rice variety developed for early maturity, high grain yield and quality is FARO 44(Sipi-692033), for tolerance to iron toxicity is FARO 52(WITA 4), for tolerance to African Rice Gall Midge is UPIA 2 (IWA 2) amongst others. A number of breeding methods such as Conventional Hybridization, Recurrent Selection, and Mutation breeding and Varietal Introduction from other countries can be used to create variability in rice to make improvement possible. Different research institutes in Nigeria, in collaboration with international NGOs have been intensifying efforts to improve the crop for different characteristics particularly for grain quality and high yield, adaptable to the country’s varying ecology. The development and introduction of tools of biotechnology into plant breeding have enhanced the breeding capacity of breeders, but these tools have not been fully integrated into rice breeding programs in the country. This paper highlights different breeding methods that can be used to develop new rice varieties, modify or improve already existing ones. Recommendations are also given in the direction of future research for enhancement of rice in Nigeria.

Rice grain quality conservation hybridization mutation breeding recurrent selection biotechnology Nigeria

References (6)

  1. 1 Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species [DOI]
  2. 2 Molecular mapping of rice chromosomes [DOI]
  3. 3 RFLP mapping of isozymes, RAPD and QTLs for grain shape, brown planthopper resistance in a doubled haploid rice population [DOI]
  4. 4 Recurrent Selection for Specific Combining Ability in Corn1 [DOI]
  5. 5 Comparative mapping of QTLs for agronomic traits of rice across environments by using a doubled-haploid population [DOI]
  6. 6 Adoption of Rice Technologies Introduced by the United States Agency for International Development in Anambra and Ebonyi States, Nigeria [DOI]

Cited by 26

Functional, Cooking, Sensory and Microbial Properties of FARO 44 Brown Rice as Affected by Milling and Germination

Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong, Eucharia Uloma Onyeka, Gloria C. Omeire, Chika C. Ogueke · Asian Food Science Journal · 2022

Unlocking the Nutritional Potential of Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) Rice: Towards a Sustainable Approach to Metabolic Disorder Remedies

Uloma E. Onyeka, E. S. Ukpong, Chinedu B. Azudialu · Food Science & Nutrition · 2026

Exploring gene action and combining ability for yield improve- ment in rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces

M. Prapakaran, R. Pushpam, A. Joel · Plant Science Today · 2025

Genetic engineering and genome editing technologies as catalyst for Africa’s food security: the case of plant biotechnology in Nigeria

M. Adegbaju, Titilayo E. Ajose, I. E. Adegbaju · Frontiers in Genome Editing · 2024

Effect of milling and temperature of germination on nutrients, bioactive compounds and pasting properties of FARO 44, FARO 57 and NERICA-8 brown rice cultivars.

E. S. Ukpong, E. F. Okpalanma, C. Ezegbe · Food Chemistry Advances · 2024

Rice Yield Forecasting: A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms

Eli Adama Jiya, Umar Illiyasu, M. Akinyemi · Journal of Information Systems and Informatics · 2023

Bioactive compounds, nutrients and pasting properties of parboiled milled rice, brown rice and germinated brown rice of selected cultivars and the effects of germination durations.

E. S. Ukpong, E. U. Onyeka, B. S. Oladeji · Food Chemistry Advances · 2023

Comparative studies of the effect of processing conditions on cooking and sensory properties of selected rice varieties

M. Sanusi, R. Akinoso, N. Danbaba · African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development · 2022

Weed management in rainfed lowland rice ecology in Nigeria – challenges and opportunities

O. Alagbo, O. Akinyemiju, B. Chauhan · Weed technology · 2022

Potassium nitrate and silicon dioxide priming improve germination, seedling growth and protective enzymes of rice var. FARO44 under drought

Lawan Gana Ali, R. Nulit, M. Ibrahim · 2021

Showing 19 of 26 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

60

Page views

0

PDF downloads

10

Outbound clicks

26

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.