The primary step to biofortify rice can be successfully achieved after screening the folate distribution in rice germplasm accessions. The extent of natural variation in folate content needs to be determined to employ selection of genotypes or breeding for enhancement of folate levels. As such, there is very limited study in India on the genetic variation in rice germplasm for folate content. Selection of rice genotypes with higher folate content is the first step towards enhancement of folate levels in rice based foods. So the prime aim of this study was to screen a set of rice germplasm to understand the extent of genetic variation for folate content. |
