This document discusses progress and perspectives in upland rice breeding in Brazil over 25 years. Upland rice production has increased significantly, accounting for 55% of total rice production in Brazil in 2009. Through recurrent selection, upland rice lines have been developed with improved yield, drought tolerance, and blast resistance. Future efforts will focus on further improving drought tolerance, adapting varieties to no-till systems, exploring genetic diversity, and incorporating new technologies like marker-assisted selection and transgenic traits. The Brazilian rice breeding program involves collaboration between Embrapa, state institutions, and universities.
1. Upland Rice Breeding in Brazil:
Progress and Perspectives
Flavio Breseghello
Head of Research and Development
Embrapa Rice and
Embrapa Rice and Beans
Santo Antônio de Goiás, Brazil
2. Amount of Rice Produced in Upland and
Irrigated Systems in Brazil
g y
14000
12000
20%
10000
8000
55%
Production Upland
,000 t
x 1,
6000
4000
Production Irrigated
2000
0
1986
6
1987
7
1988
8
1989
9
1990
0
1991
1
1992
2
1993
3
1994
4
1995
5
1996
6
1997
7
1998
8
1999
9
2000
0
2001
1
2002
2
2003
3
2004
4
2005
5
2006
6
2007
7
2008
8
2009
9
3. Variation of Area Planted and Yield of
Upland and Irrigated Rice in Brazil
p g
7000
Yield Irrigated
g
6000
5000
4000
000 ha
80%
3000
Area Upland
x 1,0
Yield Upland 50%
2000
1000
Area Irrigated
0
1 986
1 987
1 988
1 989
1 990
1 991
1 992
1 993
1 994
1 995
1 996
1 997
1 998
1 999
2 000
2 001
2 002
2 003
2 004
2 005
2 006
2 007
2 008
2 009
4. Opportunities for Sustainable Upland
Rice Production
Rice Production
Sprinkler
Sprinkler
Irrigation
Crop‐livestock‐
forest integration
Pasture renovation
Crop rotation
5. Upland Rice in No‐Tillage System
Rice in No Tillage
North of
N h f
Mato Grosso
3.5 t/ha
45 cm
45 cm
6. Importance of Drought Tolerance
Soil water storage Soil water storage
capacity: 30 mm capacity: 50 mm
Low Risk (20%)
Intermediate Risk (50%)
High Risk ( %)
(80%)
13. Factors Restraining Genetic Gain for GY
• Very strict grain quality parameters
parameters.
• Non durable blast disease resistance
Non‐durable resistance.
• Too b d target population of environments.
broad l f
14. Factors Accelerating Genetic Gain for GY
• Early selection for grain yield.
• Recombination of high‐yielding families.
• Homogenization of cycle duration, plant
height and grain type, allowing stronger
selection pressure on grain yield
yield.
15. The Rice Breeding Scheme
Generation Traits N. of Type of exp.
materials
Crosses 200 ||||||
tion populatioon
200
ite recurrent
F2 – ERC YIELD
F3 – VS1 BLAST 20 ::::::::::
PLANT TYPE
select
1000
Eli
F4 – EOF BLAST |||||||||...||
||||||||| ||
Cultivar deve
GRAIN QUALITY
F3:5 – ERF YIELD 250
GRAIN QUALITY
elopment
F3:6 – VS2 BLAST 50 ::::::::::
PLANT TYPE |||||||||...||
F7 – EOL BLAST 2000
YIELD
F6:8 –
F6 8 EP GRAIN QUALITY 500
YIELD
F6:9 – ER GRAIN QUALITY 50
YIELD
F6:10 –
F6 10 VCU GRAIN QUALITY 10
17. The same methods are being applied to
are being to
irrigated lowland rice, with similar results:
LINE CROSS GY (kg/ha)
BRA 040081 (BRS Pampa) IRGA 417/CNA7830 12,984 a
BRA 040079
BRA 040079 IRGA 417/CNA7830
IRGA 417/CNA7830 11,994 a
11,994 a
BRA 040311 JAVAÉ/CNAi9039 11,793 a
BRA 040257 DIAMANTE/CNA8642 11,583 a
BRA 040075 IRGA 417/CNA7830 11,320 a
BRA 040286 IRGA 417/CNA7830 11,235 a
BRA 040308 TAIM/CNAi9050 11,208 a
BRA 040307 TAIM/CNAi9050 10,918 a
BRA 040272
BRA 040272 IR22/CNA8502 10,917 a
10 917 a
Mean of Checks
(BR‐IRGA 409, IRGA 417, BRS 7 Taim, BRS 6 Chuí) 8,589 c
19. Upland Rice Breeding:
The Way Forward
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• Improve drought tolerance through better root system.
• Ad t t
Adapt to no‐till and wider row spacing.
till d id i
• Explore the genetic diversity for biotic and abiotic stress
tolerance.
tolerance
• Implement MAS for blast resistance and grain quality.
• T t and i
Test d incorporate strategic t
t t t i transgenics or mutants.
i t t
• Develop aerobic rice hybrids.
20. The Brazilian Rice Breeding Project
(Leader: Dr. Orlando Peixoto de Morais)
)
The 2009 – 2013 project includes:
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• 10 Embrapa Centers:
CNPAF, CPACT, CPAO, CPAF‐RO, CPATU, CPAA, CPAF‐RR, CPAMN,
CENARGEN, SNT
• 6 State Institutions:
IRGA, EPAGRI, EPAMIG, EMPAER‐MT, SEAGRO‐TO, SEAGRO‐GO
IRGA EPAGRI EPAMIG EMPAER MT SEAGRO TO SEAGRO GO
• 7 Universities:
UFLA, UFG, UFSM, UFT, UNITINS, URCAMP, UNIPAMPA.
UFLA, UFG, UFSM, UFT, UNITINS, URCAMP, UNIPAMPA.