The hybridization and selection of salt tolerant and good quality rice varieties are the criteria for the current situation of climate change such as the present. Therefore, this study have transferred salinity tolerant genes of Pokkali to a good quality rice OM238 to determine the rice lines having both salinity tolerance and good quality. This study was caried out to: (1) to evaluate salinity tolerance phenotype by screening in artificial saline medium, (2) to test salinity tolerance gene by SSR technique, (3) to evaluate agronomic characteristics and grain quality based on International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) method. Breeding and selection to BC3F3 generation, then planted to tested at salty fields in BC3F4 and BC3F5 generations. The result revealed that two rice lines in the BC3F6 generation with both the salinity tolerant genes of Pokkali by RM1287 and high iron content in rice, amylose content £ 20%, gel consistency at group 1 (soft rice), low chalikiness of endosperm £ 8%, the long and slender rice grain to develop salinity tolerance and good quality rices.
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