Genetic variability and diversity of grain nutritional and quality traits of unexplored traditional rice landraces for developing biofortified varieties

DOI: 10.37992/2023.1401.033

  • M. Parikh,
  • Sanjeeva Rao Durbha,
  • Parmeshwar Kumar Sahu,
  • Ritu R. Saxena,
  • Bhawana Sharma and,
  • Deepak Sharma

Abstract

Characterization of grain nutritional and quality traits was done in a total of 192 exotic and indigenous rice genotypes were genetically characterized for 16 grain nutritional and quality traits. Substantial genetic variability was observed for all the traits. The coefficient of variation was maximum for flavonoid content (87.10%) and minimum for kernel breadth (11.90%). The estimated coefficient of skewness and kurtosis indicated the presence of genetic interaction among the traits. Based on grain shape 4, 37, 31, 65 and 55 rice genotypes were classified as short slender, short bold, medium slender, long slender and long bold respectively. Further, kernel length was negatively associated with zinc, iron, phenolics and flavonoid contents. Amylose content was positively associated with protein, phenolics and flavonoid contents suggesting that such relationship could serve as grain indices for indirect selection of genotypes. Four genotypes- Oryza officinalis, Oryza latifolia, IC435559 and IC135877 were identified as donors for zinc and iron contents. The genotypes- IC74637, IC301547, IC301589 and IC301625 were identified as potential donors for both phenolics and flavonoid. Five genotypes viz., IC379109, IC331668, Mancha (M:1028), Dubraj (D:1251) and Laxmibhog (L:708) were identified for grain yield, quality and nutritional traits. The identified donors will be useful to develop nutrient dense biofortified varieties.

Keywords: Rice landraces, diversity, variability, grain nutritional and quality traits, photochemical

Published
31-03-2023
How to Cite
M. Parikh, Sanjeeva Rao Durbha, Parmeshwar Kumar Sahu, Ritu R. Saxena, Bhawana Sharma and, Deepak Sharma

Genetic variability and diversity of grain nutritional and quality traits of unexplored traditional rice landraces for developing biofortified varieties

. 2023. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 14 1, 198-208. Retrieved from https://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/4559
Issue
Vol 14 No 1 (2023): EJPB
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Research Article

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