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An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose from hundreds of thousands of genetic materials in the way people shop on the Internet. ...

INGER, the world’s largest agricultural research network, has a long history associated with milestones in rice breeding. Overall, more than 1,120 of...

ORYZA2000, a computer program that simulates growth and development of rice under a wide range of environments, has been cited by scientific papers at...

In the new era of genomic research, “genome editing” technology has been developed, consisting of new tools that enable not only rapid alterations...

With increasing human population and decreasing agricultural land area, there is worldwide pressure to increase food production in remaining agricultural...

The global rice market is driven by factors that may radically change how rice is traded in the future. (Photo: IRRI) What is the true price of rice?...

Green Revolutions GR2.0 and GR3.0 will benefit the poorest of the poor who, for various reasons, did not reap rewards of the first one. (Photo:...

“It is not science that has held back the use of molecular genetics in rice breeding,” says a former anti-GMO activist, “it is politics.”...

A seed of rice that could transform the developing world saved Asha Ram Pal’s farm in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 2008. Mr. Pal...

THE CORE 3K RGP team at IRRI involves (left vertical row from top) Nickolai N. Alexandrov, Ma. Elizabeth B. Naredo, Maria Socorro R. Almazan , Flora C....