Breeding rice for drought-prone environments /

Breeding rice for drought-prone environments / edited by K.S. Fischer ... [et al.]. - Los BaƱos : IRRI , 2003. - v, 98 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM.

Includes CD-ROM inserted in pocket attached to p. [3] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-61).

Know your target environment / K.S. Fischer ... [et al.] -- Improving drought tolerance by selecting for yield / G. Atlin -- Managing water for controlled drought in breeding plots / R. Lafitte -- Experimental design and data management / G. McLaren -- How rice responds to drought / K.S. Fischer and S. Fukai -- Using secondary traits to help identify drought-tolerant genotypes / R. Lafitte, A. Blum, and G. Atlin -- Indirect selection for physiological traits for drought tolerance / D.J. Mackill, S. Fukai, and A. Blum -- What molecular tools are available for selection for drought tolerance? / D.J. Mackill -- Designing a national breeding program for developing drought-tolerant rainfed lowland varieties, the Thailand experience / Boonrat Jongdee -- A regional breeding program to develop drought-tolerant rainfed lowland germplasm, IRRI's experience in South and Southeast Asia / Surapong Sarkarung -- Integrating selection for drought tolerance into a breeding program, the Brazilian experience / Beatriz da Silveira Pinheiro -- Using marker-aided selection for a specific drought-tolerance trait / B. Courtois and R. Lafitte.

9712201899

631.523 / BRE

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