<p>Rice varieties tolerant to drought stress are needed to<br />stabilize rice production under drought stress condition. We<br />developed transgenic rice cv. Nipponbare carrying hptII<br />gene that might also contain OsDREB1A gene. OsDREB1A<br />gene responsible to drought tolerance trait need to be<br />transferred into cultivated rice in order to obtain new local<br />rice variety tolerant to drought stress. The aims of this<br />research were to detect the presence of hptII gene in the F1<br />and BC1F1 transgenic rice and to observe the agronomic<br />performace of those populations and their plant physiology.<br />F1 population was developed by crossing transgenic<br />Nipponbare, as donor parent, with Batutegi, Code, Ciherang,<br />and Konawe genotypes, as recipient parents. BC1F1<br />population was developed by backcrossing F1 transgenic<br />line with recipient parents, respectively. The presence of<br />hptII gene was analyzed by PCR using a pair of primers for<br />hptII. The observation of agronomic performance was<br />carried out in the green house, meanwhile the observation<br />of stomata was done using microscope. The result of PCR<br />analysis showed that BC1F1 Batutegi trans, BC1F1 Code trans,<br />BC1F1 Konawe trans1, BC1F1 Konawe trans3, dan BC1F1<br />Konawe trans4 were detected carrying the hptII gene.<br />Agronomic data showed that BC1F1 transgenic rice lines<br />yielded panicles, filled grains, and total grains higher than<br />those of recipent parents. Comparing to the recipient<br />parents, BC1F1 Konawe trans1 and BC1F1 Konawe trans3 had<br />less stomata on the lower side of the leaf, but had more<br />stomata on the upper side of the leaf.</p>