Sleeve and large field cage experiments were conducted in Stoneville, MS, in 2010 and 2011 to assess adult rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), injury in rice. 'Cocodrie' and 'Wells' were infested at bloom, milk, and soft dough stages of panicle development. Twenty rice panicles were infested individually in the sleeve cage experiment as replicates with 0, 1, or 2 O. pugnax in a split-plot, com...

In the present study, the research results concluded that yield attributes of scented rice under aerobic culture responded up to 150 kg/ha nitrogen with four equal splits of nitrogen at 1⁄4 basal + 1⁄4 at active tillering + 1⁄4 at panicle initiation and 1⁄4 at heading. Grain and straw yields obtained higher values with highest level of nitrogen i.e. 175 kg/ha comparable with 150 kg/ha. Grain qu...

The genetic basis for three grain yield components of rice, 1000 kernel weight (KW), grain number per panicle (GN), and grain weight per panicle (GWP), was investigated using restriction fragment length polymorphism markers and F4 progency testing from a cross between rice subspecies japonica (cultivar Lemont from USA) and indica (cv. Tequing from China). Following identification of 19 QTL affe...

A field experiment was conducted at the Soil Science Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh during Aman season of 2011 to evaluate the effects of manures and fertilizers for maximizing the yield of BRRI dhan49. The experiment had six treatments, laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. The treatments were T0 = Control, T1 = ...

Genetic diversity is prerequisite for any crop improvement program as it helps breeders in the development of superior recombinants. Th is study was conducted with the aim of evaluating genetic parameters and phenotypic divergence in a germplasm consisted of twenty rice varieties. High estimates of heritability coupled with high genetic advance found for total grains per panicle, fi lled grains...

Panicle development is an important agronomic trait that aids in determining crop productivity. Foxtail millet and its wild ancestor green foxtail have recently been used as model systems to dissect gene functions. Here, we characterized a recessive mutant of foxtail millet, loose-panicle 1 (lp1), which showed pleiotropic phenotypes, such as a lax primary branching pattern, aberrant branch morp...

In rice panicle development, new meristems are generated sequentially in an organized manner and acquire their identity in a time- and position-dependent manner. In the panicle of the panicle phytomer2-1 (pap2-1) mutant, the pattern of meristem initiation is disorganized and newly formed meristems show reduced competency to become spikelet meristems, resulting in the transformation of early ari...

Whether to develop inbred cultivars or F1 hybrids is a dilemma faced by many rice (Oryza sativa L.) breeders. This could be partially answered if one could select superior recombinant inbred lines with an equal yielding ability and good quality traits from commercial F1 hybrids. Thus, it was attempted in this study to select superior inbred lines from 2 commercial F1 hybrids after application o...

The present study was carried out in Agricultural Research Station, Hagari during rabi 2020, it undertaken to assess nature of genetic variability and diversity among 200 mutant lines M4 generation. revealed wide variation for yield attributing traits, moderate GCV PCV coupled with high heritability advance observed stem girth, panicle length width. traits viz., length, weight, width, 100-seed ...

Soil salinization has been one of the main causes ecosystem degradation in many estuarine wetlands under global climate changes, but it remains unclear how shifts phenotypic variability and genetic diversity foundation plant species wetlands. To reveal effects on natural populations species, we investigated intraspecific variation Phragmites australis using five functional traits (shoot height,...