Wild Rice Breeding and Germplasm Improvement

Principal Investigator: Howard W. Rines

Project Description: 

Funds will be used to expand research on a current objective of this project, which is: Apply conventional breeding methods to develop wild rice cultivars with resistance to seed shattering, resistance to diseases and pests, reduced lodging, and increased harvestable yield. Specifically new funds will be used to expand plant pathology research on germplasm screening and genetic selection for disease resistance. The priority wild rice diseases are fungal brown spot caused by Bipolaris oryzae and leaf blotch caused by B. sorokiniana.

Project Years: 2003-2008

Funding Source: Agricultural Research Service - USDA