1) The document discusses three studies on improving rice varieties using molecular breeding techniques.
2) The first study used marker-assisted backcrossing to develop a novel cytoplasmic male sterile line by backcrossing the donor parent into the recipient parent for three generations with the aid of molecular markers.
3) The second study used gene pyramiding to transfer bacterial blight, insect, and sheath blight resistance genes from multiple parents into a single variety. Marker-assisted selection was used to identify introgressed genes.
4) The third study combined an artificial microRNA and target mimicry to improve plant height and panicle exsertion in a new rice line and its hybrids. The modified lines