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ISSN: 2360-7874 |
Academic Research Journal of
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Vol. 7(6), pp. 341-347, September 2019 Research Review on Breeding Methods, Challenges and Opportunities of Rice Production in Ethiopia
Tegegn Belete
Post graduate student at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Corresponding Author:
Tegegn Belete, Post graduate student at Jimma University College of Email:tegegnbelete2011@gmail.com;Phone number: + 251917966866 Accepted 20 August 2019
Rice production in Ethiopia has started a few decades ago and now the country is proved to have reasonable potential to grow different rice types for rain fed lowland, upland and irrigated ecosystems. Rice is currently considered as a strategic food security crop and its use as a food crop, income source, employment opportunity and animal feed has been well recognized in Ethiopia. Emphasis on high grain quality tends to result in unstable yields. Various breeding strategies for increasing the yield potential such as Conventional hybridization, Ideotype breeding, Heterosis breeding, Male sterility, wide hybridization, Genetic engineering, Molecular marker assisted breeding. Hence, breeding efforts should concentrate on varieties with the potential to minimize yield losses under unfavorable conditions, and to maximize yields when conditions are favorable. The productivity of rice was affected by diseases, insects, weeds and abiotic factors. There were 35 rice (15 upland, 11 lowland and 9 irrigated), varieties released for different agro ecologies of Ethiopia.
Keywords: abiotic, breeding methods, hybridization, Oryza sativa
How to cite this article (APA Style): Tegegn B (2019). Review on Breeding Methods, Challenges and Opportunities of Rice Production in Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 7(6): 341-347
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