Connecting Rice Germplasm to Plant Breeding: Backcrossing for Allele Mining and Recurrent Selection for Allele Pyramiding Through Molecular Marker Technology

Jian-Long Xu1,2* and Jauhar Ali3 1Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 2Shenzhen Institute of Breeding & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China 3Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, International Rice Research Instiute, Metro Manila, Philippines *Corresponding author: Jian-Long Xu, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China, Tel: 010-82105854; E-mail: xujlcaas@126.com