Abstract BRS A502 is an upland rice cultivar with a medium cycle, high resistance to lodging, superior yield potential and grains of excellent industrial and cooking quality. The cultivar is indicated for crop rotation and succession in areas under intensive agriculture in the main field crop regions of Brazil.

Abstract BRS Pampeira is a rice cultivar developed by Embrapa, recommended for irrigated cultivation in Brazil. It shows modern architecture, with high tillering and tolerance to lodging. It stands out for its high yield potential, medium cycle and good grain quality.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver novas linhagens de arroz irrigado tolerantes ao herbicida imidazolinona. O método de retrocruzamento foi usado para transferir o alelo de tolerância à imidazolinona do mutante 93AS3510 para os genitores recorrentes 'BRS 7 Taim' e 'BRS Pelota'. Indivíduos tolerantes ao herbicida foram selecionados em cada geração, por três gerações de retrocruzamento (RC1 a RC3), seguidas por três gerações de autofecundação (RC3F1 a RC3F3). As quatro melhores linhagens RC3F3 quanto às características agronômicas foram genotipadas com 44 marcadores microssatélites. O índice de conversão observado nas novas linhagens tolerantes à imidazolinona variou de 91,86 a 97,67%. A análise de distância genética par-a-par, entre estas linhagens e 22 acessos do banco de germoplasma de arroz da Embrapa, agrupou-as com os seus respectivos genitores recorrentes, mas não com 'IRGA 417', que foi originalmente usada como genitor para derivar a IRGA 422 CL, única cultivar tolerante ao herbicida imidazolinona recomendada para cultivo no Brasil. Portanto, estas linhagens representam novas opções de acessos geneticamente diversos de arroz irrigado com tolerância ao herbicida imidazolinona. As linhagens CNA10756 ('BRS Sinuelo' CL) e CNA10757 serão lançadas para cultivo no sistema de produção "Clearfield" no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

The objective of this work was to develop new irrigated rice lines tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides. The backcross breeding procedure was used to transfer the imidazolinone tolerance allele from mutant 93AS3510 to the recurrent parents 'BRS 7 Taim' and 'BRS Pelota'. Individual herbicide-tolerant plants were selected in each generation, for three backcrossings (RC1 to RC3), followed by three selfing generations (RC3F1 to RC3F3). The best four RC3F3 lines for agronomic traits were genotyped with 44 microsatellite markers. The observed conversion index of the new imidazolinone-tolerant lines varied from 91.86 to 97.67%. Pairwise genetic distance analysis between these lines and 22 accessions from the Embrapa's Rice Germplasm Bank clustered the new lines with their respective recurrent parents, but not with 'IRGA 417', which was originally used as recurrent parent to derive IRGA 422 CL, the only imidazolinone-tolerant irrigated rice cultivar recommended for cultivation in Brazil. Therefore, these lines represent new options of genetically diverse imidazolinone-tolerant rice accessions. Lines CNA10756 ('BRS Sinuelo CL') and CNA10757 will be released for cultivation in the Clearfield irrigated rice production system in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.