Sentences with phrase «rice breeding programs»

Eero provided leadership for transforming rice breeding programs towards more targeted product development, which will allow IRRI to develop new rice varieties faster and more efficiently through applying new breeding strategies and tools.

Many of these have contributed to rice breeding programs, such as Pokkali for salinity tolerance, N22 for drought and heat tolerance, FR13A for submergence tolerance, and Oryza nivara for resistance to grassy stunt virus.

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

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

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

«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.

Not exact matches

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

From the perspective of the International Rice Research Institute this will present a major new challenge to how we organize our breeding programs, the nature of the products we produce, and perhaps most importantly, how we relate to our partners.

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.

However, surveys of rice germplasm around the world failed to identify any variety that contain significant amounts of beta carotene, so conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden Rice.&rarice germplasm around the world failed to identify any variety that contain significant amounts of beta carotene, so conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden Rice.&raRice.»

Since none were found, conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden Rice.

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

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.

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

Golden Rice was later improved and is now used in breeding programs in several countries, primarily in Southeast - Asia.

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.

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.