Sentences with phrase «resistant rice crops»

Much work remains to be done to distinguish and quantify the contribution of both kinds of genetic traits, and their degree of possible combination — yet, success in this should lead to high - yielding, sheath blight - unfavorable and partially resistant rice crops.

Not exact matches

Brown planthoppers devastated parts of Java's rice crop in 2009 and Indonesian farmers have voiced their desire to have brown planthopper resistant rice varieties.

Breeding rice resistant to insects and diseases requires knowledge on resistance mechanisms, genetics, and epidemiology, to deploy efficient resistances that reduce crop losses.

IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing, for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant varieties of staple crops such as wheat and rice.

In the U.S. weedy rice is increasingly combatted by growing herbicide resistant crop strains, Olsen says.

The information gathered from these rice plants will be used to create drought - resistant corn and crops that will grow in depleted soil, perhaps on marginal land in the United States or Asia.

Origin Agritech recently acquired the exclusive licence for a glyphosate - resistant gene developed by CAAS for use in soya beans, maize, cotton, rice and canola, which will compete with Monsanto's Roundup Ready crops.

By breeding staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, and soy to be more pest - and weed - resistant, more nutrient - rich and high - yielding, they hope to offer more nutrition per acre of farmed land.

Bangladesh's Farmers Already Switching to Climate - Resistant Crops The effects of climate change may seem distant for many TreeHugger readers (they aren't, but that's another story...), but for farmers in Bangladesh they are very much immediate — and they are already taking action to adapt, switching to climate - resistant varieties of rice, wheat, and other stapResistant Crops The effects of climate change may seem distant for many TreeHugger readers (they aren't, but that's another story...), but for farmers in Bangladesh they are very much immediate — and they are already taking action to adapt, switching to climate - resistant varieties of rice, wheat, and other staple cCrops The effects of climate change may seem distant for many TreeHugger readers (they aren't, but that's another story...), but for farmers in Bangladesh they are very much immediate — and they are already taking action to adapt, switching to climate - resistant varieties of rice, wheat, and other stapresistant varieties of rice, wheat, and other staple cropscrops.

The Central Government also plans to focus on promoting water conservation through the use of drip irrigation, among other efforts, and by developing drought - resistant crops, along with mitigating methane emissions from rice production and controlling farm waste through the creation of large - scale biogas digesters.