rice variety

Doubled haploids: from laboratory to field

Doubled haploids: from laboratory to field

September 25, 2009

Plant breeders are always in search of new breeding tools to produce high-yielding crop varieties with superior...

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Can less favorable areas obtain food security?

Can less favorable areas obtain food security?

April 24, 2009

Rice is life. So, when the global rice crisis hit in 2008, it threatened many lives. The...

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Scuba rice: Stemming the tide in flood-prone South Asia

Scuba rice: Stemming the tide in flood-prone South Asia

April 14, 2009 2

Scientists had long known an Indian rice variety, unromantically dubbed FR13A, that could handle a week or...

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I remember Honda Rice

I remember Honda Rice

October 7, 2006

The Green Revolution in rice has been documented throughout much of Asia, but few think of Vietnam...

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Breeding history

Breeding history

October 7, 2006 2

Forty years ago, a remarkable rice-breeding project culminated in the release of a rice variety under an...

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Improving the sacred

Improving the sacred

January 11, 2006

Rice improvement efforts supported by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have recently proven their worth in...

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