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The future faces of rice science

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) In November 2012, young rice researchers mostly working at IRRI received support in professional development through a milestone...

How a modern rice variety is bred

(Photo: IRRI) New rice varieties have revolutionized rice production around the world. Despite devastating stresses attributed to climate change, farmers...

Grain power

Dr. Robert Zeigler welcomed delegates from around the world to bear witness to another “history in the making,” as scientists find new ways to spark...

The new frontier

A spectrum of varieties. Rice genome diversity reflects the landscapes where rice is grown – from lowland paddies to sloping uplands. (Photo:IRRI) The...

Can less favorable areas obtain food security?

Dr. Gelia Castillo, Filipino National Scientist. Rice is life. So, when the global rice crisis hit in 2008, it threatened many lives. The year became well...

How many rice varieties are there?

A common question but very difficult to answer. Depending on your definition of variety, the answer could be anything from zero to around 500,000 varieties of Oryza sativa (Asian cultivated rice). In the technical sense used by taxonomists (biologists who classify organisms into groups based on evolutionary relationships), descriptions have been published of 14 varieties,...

Biotech won’t soon replace “conventional” breeding

(Photo: IRRI) A defining moment in the history of biology was the elucidation of the laws of genetics by Gregor Mendel, whose work was rediscovered and...

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