Scenario of Plant Breeding in Nepal and Its Application in Rice

Table 3

Genotypes with their unique characters found in Nepal [36, 37].

SN	Genotypes	Unique character
1	Amaghauj	Multiple spikelet per node
2	Anadi or Anati	Festival rice/medicinal value/sticky rice
3	Amaghauj, Budiya dain, Bhati, Jalmardan, Silhat, Lajhi, Karma.	Deepwater rice, water logged, and swampy land
4	Chhomrong dhan, Darmali, Jumli Marshi	Cold tolerance rice
5	Ekle	Zinc deficiency tolerance
6	Gamadhi/Sathi	Enclosed panicle within flag leaf sheath
7	Ghaiya	Upland rice
8	Kalanamak Lalka basmati, Kariyakamod	Photoperiod sensitive
9	Laila Majnu or Jodi dhan	Two grains inside a lemma and palea
10	Anga, Gurdi, Mansara, Mutmur, Nakhisaro, Thapachiniya	Rainfed upland condition, poor/low fertility
11	Naltumme	Shade-tolerant rice
12	Nakhisaro, Sathi, Laltengar	Pest resistant
13	Patle/P. dhan	Beneficial for pregnant women
14	R. dhan/Rango	Lodging resistant (strong stem)
15	Samundaphinj	Water logged and swampy land rice
16	Sikichan, Tilki, Jirasari	Small grain soft rice
17	Bageri, Sokan dhan	Resistant to bacterial blight and green leaf hopper
18	Sotwa, Gajargaul	Medicinal value (fever)
19	Wild rice	Perenniality gene/festival rice