Citation: Gurdev S Khush. 1989. Multiple disease and insect resistance for increased yield stability in rice. pp. 79-92. In Progress in Irrigated Rice Research. International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, genetic resistance, host plant resistance, major pests, pest outbreaks, brown spot in Bengal, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, sources of resistance, blast, wild rice, green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, Oryza nivara, Oryza officinalis, Oryza glaberrima, gall midge Orseolia oryzae, stem borers Chilo suppressalis, Scirpophaga incertulas, multiple pest resistance, breeding methods, pedigree method, breeding strategies, pyramiding, multiline mixtures, biotype, race, inheritance of resistance, bacterial blight, yield stability,