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Introgression of Drought Tolerance into Elite Basmati Rice Variety through Marker-Assisted Backcrossing

Muhammad Sabar^1,2,#, Shahzad Amir Naveed^1,3,4,#,*, Shahid Masood Shah⁵, Abdul Rehman Khan⁵, Muhammad Musaddiq Shah⁶, Tahir Awan¹, Muhammad Ramzan Khan³, Zaheer Abbas³, Muhammad Arif^1,7,*

1 National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
2 Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, 39020, Pakistan
3 National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
4 Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
5 Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad, 22020, Pakistan
6 Department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, 51310, Pakistan
7 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

* Corresponding Authors: Shahzad Amir Naveed. Email: ; Muhammad Arif. Emial:
# Both authors contributed equally