Abstract:
Aim: This research was aimed at assessing Sri Lankan rice varieties for the salinity tolerance using
morphological traits and to analyze the SSR markers closer to Saltol QTL of the chromosome 1 to
be used in rice breeding and gene mapping studies.
Place and Duration of Study: The research was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture and
Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, from April 2013 to October 2013.
Study Design: Morphological traits were analyzed by ANOVA and polymorphic bands obtained
from SSR markers were analyzed by Jaccard’s similarity coefficient following the unweighted pair
group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA).
