Overall progress

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Early methane sulfonate (EMS)-induced micromutation in a tall indica rice

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Improved White Ponni released in Tamil Nadu

 Agronomic characteristics

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 No first internode found in Nepalese varieties

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Screening for dormancy in 39 rice varieties

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Effect of gamma-radiation on germination and seedling growth

 Disease resistance

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Reaction of short-duration rice varieties to leaf yellowing

 Insect resistance

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Resistance to whitebacked planthopper (WBPH) at flowering stage

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Resistance of recommended and traditional varieties to gall midge (GM)

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ET6012 (ACM8) — a promising gall midge-resistant rice culture

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Genetic evaluation against rice brown planthopper (BPH) at Cuttack

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Breeding japonica lines with brown planthopper (BPH) resistance

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Varietal reaction to thrips

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Sources of resistance to green leafhopper (GLH)

 Adverse soils tolerance

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Selecting for alkali soils

 Deep water

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A simple technique for measuring internode elongation of deep water rice

 Hybrid rice

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Relation of cross seed set and fertility in rice hybrids

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Diversification of cytoplasmic male sterility in rice

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Heritability of compact panicle and stigma color 13 Root systems in hybrid rice

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Isolation of fertility restorers and maintainers for cytoplasmic genetic male sterile line

Others pests

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Reaction of rice varieties to root nematode

 Hirschmanniella

spp. in the field

 Diseases

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Bacterial sheath brown rot (BSBR) in Latin America

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 In vitro

response of maize and rice isolates of

 Rhizoctonia solani

to antibiotics and fungitoxicants

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Serological identification of tungro viruses in isolates from 4 states of India

17

Horizontal and vertical spread of rice sheath blight (ShB)

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Chemical control of brown spot (BS) and sheath rot (ShR) in Tamil Nadu

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Reaction of tungro (RTV) isolates on Taichung Native 1

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 Nonrice hosts of the causal agent of bacterial sheath brown rot (BSBR) in Latin America

20

Weeds as alternate hosts of

Thanatephorus cucumeris

(Frank) Donk in Cuba

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Evaluation of decamethrin concentrations for tungro disease and vector control

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Evaluation of some new synthetic pyrethroids for tungro (RTV) disease and vector control

21

Relation between rice sheath blight (ShB) and yield

 Insects

22

Alang-alang gall midge potential as an alternate host for parasitoids

23

Response of leaffolder (LF)

Cnaphalocrocis medinalis

G. to extracts of resistant

Oryza sativa

and

O. brachyantha

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Effects of flooding on insect pests and spiders in a rainfed rice environment

25

Effect of ratoon rice crop on populations of green leafhopper

 Nephotettix virescens,

 brown planthopper

 Nilaparvata lugens,

whitebacked plant- hopper

Sogatella furcifera,

and their predators

Contents

GENETIC EVALUATION AND UTILIZATION

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Suitability of ratoon rice as host to insects Snail predators of the rice caseworm Modeling for size of damage-causing generation of rice leaffolder (LF) Brain cells and chromosomes of the brown planthopper

 Nilaparvata lugens

Parasitoids of the rice gall midge (GM) in Indonesia Some new insect pests of rice in Uttar Pradesh, India Predators of rice caseworm Major insect pests of rice in Cuba (Stål)

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First meiotic chromosomes of male

 Nephotettix malayanus

32

Population dynamics of the brown planthopper (BPH) in irrigated lowland

33

Host range and biology of three rice caseworms

34

Chromosomes of the primary spermatocytes of

 Nephotettix nigropictus

35

Incidence of the yellow stem borer (YSB) on deep water rice in the Mekong

35

Resistance of rice accessions to green leafhopper (GLH)

 Nephotettix

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Insect and vertebrate pests of deep water rice in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

36

Survival of adult

 Nephotettix virescens

in test tube areas of West Java, Indonesia (Stål) Delta, Vietnam

virescens

and rice tungro virus (RTV)

Weeds

37

Integrated weed control in upland rice

MACHINERY DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING

37

Developing an animal-driven pump to draw groundwater

38

Inverted-T multicrop seeder for rice-based cropping system

PEST CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT

39

Effect of pretransplanting submergence and green manure on yield and

39

Response of rice to different N fertilizers

40

Integrated organic and inorganic nitrogen fertilizer in lowland rice

40

Evaluating rate, timing, and method of N application using tracer technique

41

Response of flooded rice to different levels and placement methods of urea

42

Response of rainfed rice to farmyard manure placement and soil

42

Improved management of urea in rice

43

Evaluation of urea forms in thaladi rice (IR20)

43

Response of Magsanaya upland rice in an acidic upland area to lime and sodic soil improvement and urea supergranule compaction fertilizer

RICE-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS

43

A suitable cropping system for Thambiraparanj region in Tamil Nadu

44

Organic manures as a nitrogen source in a rice - wheat rotation

45

Effect of Sesbania green manure on water management and yield of

45

Barley as a second crop in rice areas of Kizilirmak Valley, Turkey

46

Irrigated peanut following rice in Konkan, India

46

High productivity varietal combinations in a rice - wheat rotation in lowland rice Chhattisgarh, India

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Reorganized GEU rice team in Taiwan

47

Other IRRI scientists recognized

47

Classic soils work recognized

47

Amir Khan /international Inventor

 

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Genetic Evaluation and Utilization

OVERALL PROGRESS

Ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS)

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seeds of Dahar Nagra, a tall indica

induced micromutation in a tall

variety in 1% aqueous, freshly prepared,

indica rice

nonbuffered solution of EMS for 4, 6, and 8 h. Number of tillers per plant,

 E. H. Mallick, Rice Research Station,  Bankura 722101; N.G. Hajra and S.G.

 panicle length, number of filled grains

 Hajra, Regional Rubber Research Institute,

 per panicle, 1000

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grain weight, and yield

 Agartala, Tripura (West), India

 per plant were reduced in the M

2

(Table 1) and M

3

(Table 2). Weight of We induced mutations in quantitatively 1,000 filled grains increased after EMS inherited traits of rice by presoaking treatment.

Table 1. Mean and estimates of genetic parameters of 5 quantitative characters in the M

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of Dahar Nagra after EMS treatment. Burdwan University Crop Research Farm, India.

Mean of Genotypic Genotypic Heritability Genetic Treatment genetic coefficient (broad sense) character variance advance of variation (%) percentage (% of mean)

Tillers (no./plant)

Control 21.38 0 0 0 0 4 h 17.38 1.048 5.8 15.4 1.82 6 h 14.1 1 3.255 12.7 24.2 12.94 8 h 12.94 5.377 17.9 27.1 19.19

 Panicle length (cm)

Control 28.81 0 0 0 0 4 h 25.33 0.090 1.1 5.5 0.57 6 h 23.66 0.564 3.1 18.4 2.79 8 h 23.07 0.998 4.3 22.8 4.26

 Filled grains (no./panicle)

Control 160.88 0 0 0 0 4 h 147.33 3.014 1.1 3.9 0.4 7 6 h 139.22 1.844 2.0 8.6 1.20 8 h 134.27 11.700 2.5 11.4 1.76

Weight of 1000 filled grains (g)

Control 19.19 0 0 0 0 4 h 19.43 0.028 0.8 10.8 0.58 6 h 19.70 0.030 0.8 11.2 0.60 8 h 19.77 0.031 0.8 11.5 0.62

Yield per plant (g)

Control 25.61 0 0 0 0 4 h 24.41 0.243 2.0 8.6 6 h 8 h 1.21 23.28 1.372 5.0 22.1 4.86 22.93 1.695 5.6 23.6 5.67

Table 2. Mean and estimates of genetic parameters of 5 quantitative characters in the M

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of Dahar Nagra after EMS treatment. Burdwan University Crop Research Farm, India.

Genotypic variance Genotypic Heritability Genetic coefficient of (broad sense) variation (%) percentage advance (% of mean) Treatment Mean

Tillers (no./plant)

15.55 0.711 5.4 13.55 1.700 9.5 13.22 3.433 Control 18.61 0 0 0 0 4 h 6 h 8 h 20.1 4.99 26.1 10.10 14.0 29.3 15.60 continued on next page

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