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Keywords: Oryza sativa, DNA marker gene technology, insect resistance, wide hybridization, DNA markers, transformation, DNA fingerprinting, embryo rescue, wild rice, O. officinalis, O. minuta, O. latifolia, O. australiensis, O. granulata, O. brachyantha, O. ridleyi, genetic map, transgenic approach, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, gall midge Orseolia oryzae, green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, stem borer Chilo suppressalis, Scirpophaga incertulas, Bacillus thuringiensis, integrated pest management, resistance management, effects on non-target arthropods, spread of transgenes in wild species, environmental and safety issues