Tag Archives: germplasm

This study was motivated by a need to document and understand how genebank users make use of genetic resources to enhance access to, and promote the use...

Germplasm Health Units (GHUs) are institutional phytosanitary units of the CGIAR designed to facilitate bioresource transfer for their breeding programs...

The efforts of GHUs in thoroughly testing germplasm accessions for known pests, before their release for international transfer, have averted the inadvertent...

A proposed standard for determining the reliability of genetic markers makes modern integrated breeding approaches more consistent in designing better...

“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.”...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is recognizing another crop of Outstanding Alumni during an upcoming quadrennial ceremony. They are Amitha...

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) Achim Dobermann’s term as head of research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) saw a period of constructive...

This issue of Rice Today is for the birds! For the first time, the magazine sports four different covers, each featuring some of the bird species found...

Cesar Martinez. (Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT) Several factors influenced César Martínez’s lifelong devotion to rice. One was an early mentor’s enthusiasm...

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) Hybrid rice has the potential to produce up to 30% more yield than the best-performing modern inbred varieties, thanks to A hybrid...