The Brown planthopper (Bph) is one of the most serious pests of rice affecting rice yield and quality throughout the country. Combining the Bph resistance in the existing quality japonica cultivars is an important breeding target in Korea. Wide crosses using several strains of AA-genome wild rices, O.rufipogon have been used to produce the primary germplasm which is highly resistant to Bph. By repeated backcrossing, the resistance gene was introgressed in the background of two japonica cultivars, Ilpum and Hwaseong. Among the advanced backcross progenies, the ten BC2F3 lines were identified as the highest resistance in the comparative Bph bioassay with other resistant sources. The 24 polymorphic markers spanning the twelve chromosomes were tested for association with marker genotypes and resistance/susceptibility reaction in the 80 BC2F3 lines, RM3748 on the chromosome 7 showed the highest association.

• Kyung-Ho Kang(Rice Research Division, NICS, RDA) Corresponding Author
• Ji-Ung Jung(Rice Research Division, NICS, RDA)
• Jeong-Pil Seo(Cheolwon substation, NICS, RDA)
• Hyang-Mi Park(Rice Research Division, NICS, RDA)
• Myeong-Gi Kim(Cheolwon substation, NICS, RDA)
• Yeong-Seop Shin(Cheolwon substation, NICS, RDA)
• Eok-Keun Ahn(Rice Research Division, NICS, RDA)