Program Overview

The Rice Breeding Program focuses on the use of the most important tools in conventional breeding and transgenic technologies that aim to develop cultivars that are herbicide tolerant, produce superior main and ratoon crop quality and yield, use less irrigation water, lodging resistant and are resistant to diseases and insect pests. The program generates both elite breeding lines for varietal release in Southern U.S. and genetic resources for use in rice breeding.

 

Rodante E. Tabien, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Plant Breeding and Genetics

Program Leader    Tabien, Rodante E.    Program Personnel Harper, Chersty

Research Projects

2004

	Development of High Yielding Rice Varieties for Texas
	An Update on the Generation and Identification of Herbicide Tolerant Germplasms
	Development of an Ultra-High Yielding Cultivar

2003

Generation and Identification of Herbicide Tolerant Germplasms

2002

Development of High Yielding, Good Grain Quality, Disease Resistant and Herbicide Tolerant Rice Varieties for Texas