Sentences with phrase «irri rice lines»
Dr. Umesh Singh, senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), said, «Earlier, we only provided and field - tested IRRI rice lines that were tolerant of flooding.
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Through the HRDC, IRRI has been sharing a large number of hybrid rice varieties and parental lines with its partners.
Of the 8 IRRI - bred varieties, 4 are high - yielding lines from the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice.
Three research institutions — the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Shenzhen, and IRRI — collaborated to sequence the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties and lines housed in the IRRI (82 %) and the CAAS (18 %) genebanks.
Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), signed at the PhilRice headquarters at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on 3 April 2014.
In this light, IRRI develops elite inbred rice lines with higher yield potential, multiple resistance to insects and diseases, and superior grain quality.
IRRI shares these breeding lines with our research and extension partners in rice - producing countries.
A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.
IRRI is also sharing rice breeding lines with Burundi that are being tested at a number of IRRI field sites around the country.
Seeds of all of the rice lines are held by the International Rice Genebank Collection housed at Irice lines are held by the International Rice Genebank Collection housed at IRice Genebank Collection housed at IRRI.
Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), signed at the PhilRice headquarters at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on 3 April 2014.
Also, through the 3,000 Rice Genomes Project, CAAS, BG, and IRRI completed the sequencing of genomes of 3,000 varieties and lines from 89 countries.
Research priorities in the IRRI - China collaboration include China's national program on breeding super hybrid rice, improving the grain quality of inbred rice lines, and addressing the challenges of climate change effects in farming through climate - smart technologies.
A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.
IRRI has screened more than 30,000 rice lines and varieties for resistance to sheath blight.
Three research institutions — the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Shenzhen, and IRRI — collaborated to sequence the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties and lines housed in the IRRI (82 %) and the CAAS (18 %) genebanks.