Fragrant rice varieties in Myanmar are the
traditional variety, showing photoperiod sensitivity and producing
low yield. It is impossible to develop quality traits using only
conventional breeding methods due to the difficulties in assessing
quality traits during the breeding process. Also, it takes significant
time to select from a large population. MAS greatly accelerates the
efficiency and precision of quality rice breeding programs and it is
unaffected by environmental factors. According to our results, we
successfully introduced both badh2-B and Wxin alleles from
Basmati into the Manawthukha genetic background