Marker-Assisted Introgression of Saltol QTL Enhances Seedling Stage Salt Tolerance in the Rice Variety “Pusa Basmati 1”

Table 1

Genetic diversity between the recurrent parent PB1 and the Saltol donor FL478. The foreground survey was limited to Saltol region alone, whereas the background survey included all chromosomes, including the Saltol carrier chromosome 1.

Class of markers	Markers surveyed	Polymorphic markers	Polymorphism (%)
Foreground	21	3	14.29
Background	435	62	14.75
Chromosome 1^§	63	7	11.11

includes markers on chromosome 1, excluding Saltol-linked markers; ^§Based on all markers used including Saltol-linked markers.