Citation:

Chapter 4. GS Khush. 1996. Prospects of and approaches to increasing the genetic yield potential of rice. Pages 59-71. In: RE Evenson, RW Herdt, M Hossain. 1996. Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Priorities. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX108DE, UK and International Rice Research Institute, PO Box 933, 1099 Manila, Philippines. 405 pages.

Keywords: rice Oryza sativa, strategies for increasing yield potential, new plant type for increased yield potential, reduced tillering and large panicles, grain size, grain density and grain filling period, canopy and leaf characteristics, growth duration, plant height, stem thickness, biomass production, harvest index, root system, disease and insect resistance, hybrid rice for increasing the yield potential, indica/japonica hybrids