The 2010 study examined the decreasing grain yield of IR8, which was the first modern rice variety...
Breeding and improvement
In the 1950s, Asia is on the brink of famine. Food is scarce and millions of people...
For plant geneticist Luke Young and biologist Rory Hornby, the solution to the world’s food security is...
There are several reasons for low varietal replacement rates. These include the lack of extension services and...
Increasing cropping intensity in fallow lands could substantially improve food production and enhance the livelihoods of rural...
Sahbhagi dhan and other drought-tolerant rice varieties can be viable and deliverable technologies for reducing poverty in...
In recent years, the demand for pigmented rice varieties has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity among consumers....
Bacterial blight of rice caused by Xanthomonasoryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the most destructive diseases...
A proposed standard for determining the reliability of genetic markers makes modern integrated breeding approaches more consistent...
