Citation: Gurdev S Khush. 1995. Biotechnology approaches to rice improvement. Pages 455-475. In: Induced mutations and molecular techniques for crop improvement. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 92-0-104695-2

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, anther culture, somaclonal variation, somatic hybridization, molecular markers, genome mapping, RFLP, wild rice, gene tagging, Morgan unit, QTL, molecular analysis of pathogen populations, wide hybridization, embryo rescue, gene transfer from wild rices, cytoplasmic diversification, alien genetic variation, tagging alien genes with RFLP markers, transformation, protocols for transformation, genes for rice transformation, transgenic plants, Arobacterium mediated transfer, genes for insect resistance, Bacillus thuringiensis, transgenic rice, genes for disease resistance, genes for abiotic stress tolerance, genes for nuclear male sterility and fertility restoration, genes for improved grain quality