Morpho‐Reproductive Stability of Rice Landraces Under Water Deficit Across Agroecological Zones of Far‐West Nepal
Nabin Lamichhane, Urmila Dhami, Sudan Bhandari, Gunanand Pant, Lal Bahadur Thapa, Chandra Prasad Pokhrel, Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav · 2026
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Nabin Lamichhane and colleagues test old rice varieties under drought in this 2026 study from far-west Nepal. Traditional landraces hold genetic variety that modern breeding may need, so the team grew twelve of them across three farming zones with different water supply.
Plants received regular watering, spaced watering, or none after seedlings settled. Growth and yield traits varied far more between varieties than between water treatments, and some traits stayed stable under stress. Drought did cut tiller numbers or grain counts in a few named varieties. Yield tracked with root length and grain weight. The authors offer the steady performers as candidates for drought breeding.
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| CREATOR | Nabin Lamichhane, Urmila Dhami, Sudan Bhandari, Gunanand Pant, Lal Bahadur Thapa, Chandra Prasad Pokhrel, Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36279 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |