Sentences with phrase «in rice breeding»

It is not science that has held back the use of molecular genetics in rice breeding — it is politics.

Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China (21 September 2017)- Agriculture research heads of 14 Asian countries supported the ASEAN +3 Rice Breeding and Genetics Initiative - a long - term regional investment and collaboration initiative in rice breeding aimed to address regional food security and national rice sector strategies.

A joint investment in rice breeding can achieve food security for the entire region as well as create inclusive economic growth in the rice industry.»

IRRI and Indonesia continue to collaborate in rice breeding to deliver new rice varieties to farmers.

Marchetti retired from ARS in 2001, leaving behind not only a legacy of excellence in rice breeding and plant pathology, but also a prized collection of 1,000 rice blast specimens he isolated from Texas, Arkansas, and other rice - growing states.

Not exact matches

«A lack of genetic variation in rice has hindered efforts by conventional breeding programs to address iron levels.

«This will contaminate our indigenous and farmer - bred rice varieties and prove disastrous to the already volatile rice production in the country» added Marcelino dela Rosa, MASIPAG farmer - breeder and rice farmer based in Nueva Ecija.

Farmer trainor Mamerto «Pay Merto» Pado of Camarines Sur shared insights on the current situation of agriculture in the Philippines, farmer - led advocacy and rice breeding.

Fortunately, recent breakthroughs in plant breeding have helped us develop rice varieties that can tolerate and even thrive under these tough conditions.

In the 1970s, China's hybrid rice breeding program averted an impending famine.

Vast rice - growing regions in India, Bangladesh, and other countries, which are submerged during rainy season and rendered useless for rice production, have been made productive since the SUB1 gene that makes rice flood - tolerant was discovered and bred into popular existing rice varieties.

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In September, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and VietnaIn September, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietrice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and VietRice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnain three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietrice - growing countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

It is particularly serious in hybrid rice, and therefore, active breeding in national and commercial breeding programs have developed and released some hyrbids that have resistance to the disease.

«I am delighted with our success in breeding a Golden Rice version of Bangladesh's most popular rice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at BRice version of Bangladesh's most popular rice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at Brice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at BRRI.

The most poplar hybrid rice parents used in Asian countries outside of China have been bred by IRRI.

In September, the Australian Center for International Agriculture (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the PhilippineIn September, the Australian Center for International Agriculture (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippirice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the PhilippiRice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippinein three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippirice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

In September, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the IRRI between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the PhilippineIn September, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) released a report looking at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the IRRI between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippinein three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

A recent report has shown that IRRI's rice breeding work has increased rice yields in Vietnam and is delivering $ 610 million per year to the country and has increased farmers» returns by US$ 127 a hectare in southern Vietnam.

A recent report has shown that IRRI's rice breeding work has increased rice yields in the Philippines and is delivering $ 204 million per year to the country and has increased farmers» returns by US$ 52 a hectare.

This year, IRRI established a new and relevant rice breeding factory, deciphered the information found in 3,000 sequenced rice genomes, helped in marketing the Philippines» unique indigenous «heirloom» rice varieties to the outside world, distributed climate - smart rice varieties to reduce Asian farmers» risks, and celebrated 150 consecutive knowledge - filled cropping seasons of the Long - Term Continuous Cropping Experiment.

We use new approaches for increasing yield potential, such as marker - assisted breeding to develop the next generation of rice varieties suited for irrigated environments in Asia.

This dataset contains millions of genomic sequences from a diverse set of rice varieties that, when combined with phenotyping observations, gene expression, and other information, provides an important step in establishing gene - trait associations, building predictive models, and applying these models to breeding.

Breeding to enhance yield potential of rice at IRRI: the ideotype approach Development and use of hybrid rice technology to increase rice productivity in the tropics

Data access and analysis tools are being made available for the 3K RGP dataset through the International Rice Informatics Consortium (IRIC), which promotes collaboration in bioinformatics analysis of rice data and provides computational tools to facilitate rice improvement via discovery of new gene - trait associations and accelerated breedRice Informatics Consortium (IRIC), which promotes collaboration in bioinformatics analysis of rice data and provides computational tools to facilitate rice improvement via discovery of new gene - trait associations and accelerated breedrice data and provides computational tools to facilitate rice improvement via discovery of new gene - trait associations and accelerated breedrice improvement via discovery of new gene - trait associations and accelerated breeding.

Dr. Abdullah also noted that a number of Indonesian rice varieties have been sent to IRRI to breed high - yielding varieties, for example, one of the parents of «miracle rice» — also called IR8 and renowned for its superior yields that helped avert famine in the 1960s — was an Indonesian rice variety called Peta.

IRRI has facilitated the release more than a thousand IRRI - bred and improved rice varieties in 78 countries since its establishment in 1960.

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.

«Overall, IRRI has released around a thousand improved rice varieties across 78 countries since its establishment in 1960,» said Eero Nissila, head of IRRI's breeding division.

An Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) study looked at the impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippirice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the PhilippiRice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 in three key rice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippirice - growing countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

«Through this partnership with IRRI, ACI is building on its commitment to develop a strong rice breeding program and to introduce new elite varieties in Bangladesh,» said IRRI Director General Matthew Morell.

Using genetic modification in this way can improve the accuracy of identifying genes of interest and speed up the breeding process, even though the end - product is not GM rice.

Beyond this, the unique power of GM lies in its ability to incorporate novel genes with useful traits for rice, including genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice, into new rice varieties that can not be achieved using other breeding methods.

It also provides germplasm (seeds) for rice research and breeding programs at IRRI and in several countries.

Rice bred to perform well in the toughest conditions where the poorest farmers grow rice is a step away from reaching farmers thanks to a major project led by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRice bred to perform well in the toughest conditions where the poorest farmers grow rice is a step away from reaching farmers thanks to a major project led by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute (IRrice is a step away from reaching farmers thanks to a major project led by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRice Research Institute (IRRI).

In 2011, two IRRI - bred rice varieties, Vuninzara (IR77713) and Gwizumwimbu (IR79511), which were developed especially for Burundi, were released.

«With advances in technology, we can expedite the breeding process to ensure new rice varieties are available every year for the region,» said Dobermann.

In a recent study, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) looked at the economic impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 across Southeast Arice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 across Southeast ARice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 across Southeast Asia.

A new breed of agricultural extension and development officers recently completed a 5 - month capacity - building course called «Enabling the AgRiDOC: a new breed of rice extensionists» and are now ready to serve rice - based farming communities in the country.

The synergy of the partnership resulted in advances in developing disease - and insect - resistant varieties suited to various rice environments, developing and releasing hybrid rice varieties bred through government and private sector programs, streamlining rice production practices, and improving postharvest technologies for improved sustainability and productivity.

The hub will help strengthen the rice breeding programs of rice - growing countries in South Asia and Africa.

Some 70 % of rice in South America, and 90 % of cassava in Asia, can be traced back to CIAT's breeding program.

There's a similar development in India, where agriculture scientist GV Ramanjaneyulu of the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Hyderabad has organized an open - source network that has bred and shared eight varieties of rice, wheat, and pulses.

Traders carried domesticated japonica from China to India, where it was bred with the cultivated rice species O. nivara to produce domesticated aus about 4,000 years ago, Fuller, Purugganan and colleagues reported in January in Molecular Biology and Evolution.

«It's a big drag,» said Susan McCouch, a professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University who specializes in finding wild varieties of rice for breeding.

In any event there was a second unambiguous domestication event about 3,500 years ago when African cultivated rice (O. glaberrima) was bred from the African wild species O. barthii in the Niger River deltIn any event there was a second unambiguous domestication event about 3,500 years ago when African cultivated rice (O. glaberrima) was bred from the African wild species O. barthii in the Niger River deltin the Niger River delta.

Worldwide, most of the cultivated rice is Asian rice, Oryza sativa which was bred from its wild progenitor Oryza rufipogon in southern Asia within the past 10,000 years.

Meaning, that if you can breed a variant of rye with enhanced zinc loading in the seeds, in all likelihood it will be possible to do the same with wheat, barley, rice and so on.

Armed with the new knowledge, the researchers were able to breed submergence - resistant plants that still produced decent rice yields, the team reports 10 August in Nature.