The Green Super Rice (GSR) breeding strategy began in 2008 at IRRI to efficiently develop lines with...
Breeding and improvement
The prospects for rice self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa are being subverted by abiotic and biotic factors, including...
The objective of the proposed software package EasyIDP (easy intermediate data processor) is to address previously identified...
A new study discovered rare traditional rice varieties with the genetic basis for increased catechin and total...
Rice yield losses due to stem borers and the choice by farmers to predominantly use insecticides to...
The rapid shift from healthy choices to unhealthy food choices due to the lure of lower prices,...
The 2010 study examined the decreasing grain yield of IR8, which was the first modern rice variety...
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...
