Fig. 1

Geographic distribution pattern of salt tolerant rice accessions. a Extent of salt tolerant accessions, b-d Geographic distribution pattern of salt tolerant (SES score 1-3) accessions, b Latitude-wise distribution, c Longitude-wide distribution, d Area of preference, e-g Geographic distribution pattern of highly salt tolerant (SES score 1) accessions, e Latitude-wise distribution, f Longitude-wide distribution, g Area of preference. Screening results of all abiotic stress tolerance were collected from the International Rice Genebank Collection Information System (IRGCIS 2017). Geo-tagging information of the tolerant and highly tolerant accessions were plotted for latitude- and longitude-wise distribution of 4° and 10° band, respectively. The area of preference was identified based on the prevalence of tolerant or highly tolerant accessions within the preferred latitude and longitude. List of highly tolerant accessions can be found in Additional file 4: Table S1