| Bahng Taen is a non-glutinous, non-photoperiod sensitive, short duration and high yielding rice variety. This variety showed resistance against brown planthopper (BPH) in the Eastern region, but the resistance has decreased drastically. Therefore, marker-assisted backcrossing was applied to improve BPH resistance by introgression of a Bph3 resistant gene from PTB33 and Rathu Heenati into Bahng Taen. Two SSR markers, RM 170 for Bahng Taen with PTB33 crossing and RM 190 for Bahng Taen with Rathu Heenati crossing, were used in combination with plant type selection to obtain the target plants with Bph3 gene. Twenty six and thirty heterozygous BC4F1 plants were developed from the cross of Bahng Taen with PTB33 and Bahng Taen with Rathu Heenati, respectively.... |
