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Traditional rice varieties have been critical for developing improved stress-tolerant rice varieties. Tools to analyze the genome sequences of traditional...

Even though Telangana is one of the leading rice-producing states in India, the awareness and options around new varieties among a significant number of...

The Haor Region has been experiencing early-season flash floods almost every year. The flash floods completely inundate rice fields immediately before...

Rice cultivation in the salt flats of southern Bangladesh accounts for 25%  of the country’s total cultivated land. In this coastal area, characterized...

It has been suggested that public breeders should put more emphasis on the integration of public good aspects into their work as compared to private enterprises,...

With the growing demand for japonica rice in the Philippines, imports fill out the gap. With the opportunities seen, efforts to adapt popular foreign rice...

In rice, there has been very limited research on genetic gain in Asia in general, and in Bangladesh, no studies have been done yet, even though rice is...

Crop lodging is the most important constraint in achieving high yields and plant breeders agree that more research is needed to develop lodging-resistant...

Genetic gain is the amount of increase in performance achieved annually through artificial selection. Genetic gain estimation is vital for any crop breeding...