Assessing Genetic Diversity of Rice Varieties under Drought Stress Conditions

Authors

  • Mina ABARSHAHR University of Guilan, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Departament of Agronomy and Plant Breeding (IR)
  • Babak RABIEI University of Guilan, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Departament of Agronomy and Plant Breeding (IR)
  • Habibollah SAMIZADEH LAHIGI University of Guilan, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Departament of Agronomy and Plant Breeding (IR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb315618

Keywords:

cluster analyse; drought stress; drought tolerance indices; rice

Abstract

In order to compare different rice genotypes grown under drought stress conditions a field experiment was conducted. In this study thirty different genotypes of native, breeded and upland cultivars were evaluated. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among genotypes in respect of all vegetative and morphological traits. Genotypes were devided into three groups by cluster analysis based on all studied traits with minimum variance method (Wards Method). The total average indicates significant differences among groups in respect of all morphological and physiological characteristics. In addition, eight drought stress tolerance indices including: sensitivity to stress index (SSI), drought response index (DRI), relative drought index (RDI), tolerance index (TOL), mean productivity index (MP), stress tolerance index (STI), geometric mean productivity index (GMP) and harmonic mean index (HM) were calculated according to their grain yield under drought stress and normal conditions. In general, results of this experimnet revealed that, among rice cultivars Domsephid, Deylamany, Hasansaraei, Sadri, Anbarboo and Domsiah had the highest sensitivity referring to drought stress and produced the lowest grain yield. Also, genotypes of IR24 (breeded of IRRI), Nemat, Sephidroud, Kadoos and Bejar (breeded of Iran) and Vandana, upland cultivar (originally from India) had the highest tolerance to drought stress and produced the highest grain yield. In conclusion, it was suggested that, these cultivars are suitable for drought stress conditions and are appropriate for hybridization with the aim of increasing drought tolerance.

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Published

2011-03-07

How to Cite

ABARSHAHR, M., RABIEI, B., & SAMIZADEH LAHIGI, H. (2011). Assessing Genetic Diversity of Rice Varieties under Drought Stress Conditions. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 3(1), 114–123. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb315618

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb315618