Induced Mutagenesis in Aromatic Rice

This is a reference book which describes the importance, dietary aspects, key features of aromatic rice by using mutation breeding. Traditional aromatic rice varieties have acquired a number of characteristics that do not confer the kind of ideotype which is required under conditions of improved agronomy. For these reasons mutation breeding appears to offer a great scope and promise for generating useful variability in this crop. Methodology of mutation breeding was also written and there outcomes were given in this book. Induction of useful mutants lines for earliness, large panicle, more number of grains per panicle and higher grain yield per plant derived from both the varieties could be of immense significance for the aromatic rice improvement programme. The research findings of mutation breeding for the improvement of aromatic rice had been incorporated in this book which contains the reliable and readily useable techniques/information of aromatic rice.