Citation: DS Brar, Gurdev S Khush. 2002. Transferring genes from wild species to rice. Pages 197-217. In: MS Kang (editor). Quantitative Genetics, Genomics, and Plant Breeding. CABI, UK. ISBN 0-85199-601-9

Keywords: Oryza sativa, wild rices, O. sativa complex, O. officinalis complex, Meyeriana complex, Ridleyi complex, O. brachyantha, O. schlerchteri, genomic relationships, useful traits of Oryza species, alien introgression, hybrids, somatic hybrids through protoplast fusion, introgression of genes for resistance to tungro virus, Nephotettix virescens, for resistance to bacterial blight, for tolerance to abiotic stresses, from African rice to Asian rice, doubled haploids, chromosome substitution, identification and introgression of yield-enhancing loci/QLT from wild species, from distantly related genomes, molecular mapping of introgressed alien genes, mapping for blast resistance, molecular characterization,