LGC BIOSEARCH Webinars

 

KASP technology accelerates rice improvement in South Asia

Abstract

Global rice production is increasing but there is diversity in productivity across Asia, with some regions suffering yield losses from disease, adverse weather and insufficient irrigation.There is opportunity for breeders to improve both abiotic and biotic stress response with an optimised approach for their varieties in the region.

Topics Covered

• How recent advances in whole genome sequencing have strengthened the knowledge of variation across rice varieties.
• How genomic variations can be exploited as variation in Indels and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs).
• How SNPs and Indels can be readily used for genotyping using highly efficient KASP (Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR) technology.
• How KASP has been optimised for success in genotyping in diverse rice varieties.
• Why KASP now offers a reliable alternative to microsatellites and are suitable for using in all rice breeding programmes.

Speaker
Darshna Vyas
Senior Scientist, R&D

Moderator
Beth Frey
Product Manager