Rice Breeding Australia Annual Results: September 2023 to August 2024
As part of this project, Rice Breeding Australia Ltd. (RBA) has rapidly evolved the previous rice breeding program despite significant challenges in its first year...
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Published: 1 May 2001
Author(s): Garl, Stephen
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The major objectives of the project were to identify, adapt and evaluate molecular markers for routine use in the Australian rice-breeding program. The major component of the work involved the development of markers for the semi-dwarfing gene sd-1 and the major fragrance gene fgr.
This publication provides a description of the development and assessment of four useful markers for sd-1 and three useful markers for fgr. The utilisation of these markers within the Australian rice-breeding program is discussed.