Tag Archives: yield

IMPROVED RICE lines ready for transplanting in Peru. (Photo: CIAT) They’re not the biggest rice producers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). But,...

DR. SAITO’S WORK has led to a refocus of upland rice breeding work at AfricaRice, which now includes aus and indica materials. It is difficult for...

 An experiment that has been going on for more than half a century could hold a solution to a nagging concern of feeding an ever-increasing population...

Under the “Mansholt Plan” for rice in Asia, governments are urged to expand farm size, promote mechanization, and improve yields and farm efficiencies to...

A GPS-guided field canopy sensor system mounted on a spray boom is used to measure some physical traits of rice plants. (Photo: IRRI) Since the first type...

C4 plants such as maize and sorghum have more efficient photosynthesis than C3 plants. The photosynthesis in C3 plants such as rice is not as efficient...

Beta carotene, which the human body converts into Vitamin A, is essential for eye health and the proper functioning of the immune system. It is naturally...

Increasing the yield potential of rice has always been the priority in working to increase food security. But, in the race to feed the world, grain quality,...

IRRI scientists getting down and dirty for Rice Survivor. There was a time in recent years when it was apparent that an agronomist was a threatened species. Government...

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