“…Recently, SG of the upper leaves was included as a selection criterion for the development of varieties suitable for wider environments under the ‘green super rice’ programme (Khush, 2004; Li & Ali, 2017; Zhang, 2007). During the last 20 years, several quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for SG in rice were reported using various methods (Abdelkhalik et al, 2005; Fu et al, 2011; Jiang et al, 2004; Lim & Paek, 2015; Lin et al, 2010; Singh et al, 2020; Wang et al, 2015; Yoo et al, 2007; Yue et al, 2006). Among these, sgr on the long arm of chromosome 9 (Cha et al, 2002) has been cloned (Jiang et al, 2007).…”