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Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, genetics of resistance, types of resistance, vertical resistance, horizontal resistance, durable resistance, breeding strategies, deployment of genes over time, biotechnology for host resistance, wide hybridization, somaclonal variation, marker based selection, production of virus free plants, novel genes, insect resistance, Bacillus thuringiensis, disease resistance,