Black rice (Oryza sativa L. indica) is a functional food with high anthocyanin and dietary fiber content. Drought conditions due to significant climate change can reduce black rice production. Mutation induction using gamma-rays is among the popular approaches to plant improvement with increased genetic variability for breeding. The research aims to determine the growth, yield, and obtain drought-tolerant mutant black rice. This study used a field experiment method. It planted four selected mutant lines and control plants for each local black rice variety, Bantul, and Boyolali. The results showed that drought stress degraded growth and yield character, such as plant height, shoot dry weight, the number of productive tillers, percentage of filled grain, and inhibited flowering age. Resistance evaluation to drought stress used the stress sensitivity index (SSI). M4-By-200-01, M4-By-200-04, and M4-By-200-04 lines could become short-stemmed black rice and were tolerant to drought stress.
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