Sentences with phrase «rice yield in»

Average rice yield in the Philippines is also higher than of Thailand's, the world's biggest exporter of rice, where yields over the last few years have been around 3 tons per hectare.

From 1990 to 2004, rice yield in these regions expanded annually at 3.5 %.

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.

Water scarcity will affect most of Asia, and higher temperatures will lower rice yields in some areas by shortening the growing season.

He estimates that increased rice yields in India — the result of introducing new strains — are worth about $ 75 million a year.

Irrigated rice yields in Africa are often comparable to yields obtained in Asia, but there is a need for improved, high - yielding varieties, resistant to major environmental stresses, pests and diseases.

«Rice Yields in Tropical / Subtropical Asia Exhibit Large but Opposing Sensitivities to Minimum and Maximum Temperatures.»

An increase in carbon dioxide and a rise of, for example, one - half degree in the average temperature, will trigger a significant decline in the rice yields in Southeast Asia and as much as a 25 percent drop in the wheat yields in India.

Rice yields in Japan, among the highest in Asia, are well below those in California.

Not exact matches

A research finding in January 2017 reveal that Golden Rice hybrid with Swarna variety resulted to phenotyphic abnormalities, stunted growth and low yield, virtually adulterating the metabolic and genetic traits of the variety.

Lopez is referring to the study released by Test Biotech which states that the samples of Golden Rice were found to have lower yields due to the «substantial reduction» of chlorophyll in the rice plaRice were found to have lower yields due to the «substantial reduction» of chlorophyll in the rice plarice plants.

In 2014, IRRI has announced that it has pushed back the commercialization of Golden Rice due to its very low yield performance.

«From Masagana 99 and high - yielding varieties in the 1960s, to Masagana 6000 and Golden Rice today, it seems nothing has changed,» said Antonio Flores, a farmer from Mindanao and secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

After the intense opposition from various farmers and consumers groups, including the uprooting of the clandestine field trial in Camarines Sur, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) postponed the commercialization, citing the failure of Golden Rice to produce better yields.

In recent study, scientists from India showed that the derived lines of Golden Rice produced phenotypic abnormality and poor yield performance making it unfit for commercial cultivation.

Moreover, as the Philippines was an early adopter of the first modern rice varieties developed by IRRI in the 1960s, it had already enjoyed major increases in rice yields before 1985.

With the global population rising continuously, urbanization rapidly reducing land for farming, and climate change threatening stable crop production, a significant improvement in genetic yield potential is one of the most crucial goals in rice research.

There had been no significant yield improvement in inbred rice cultivars after the Green Revolution.

«With the successful introgression of a functional epigenetic allele into elite indica rice genomes, we are redefining best practices in applying genomics tools to increase the yield potential of rice.»

Further, even at the vegetative growth stage, heat stress can cause leaf yellowing and accelerated development, leading to low yield potential in sensitive rice varieties.

We want to be sure that Golden Rice grows just as well as the original, so farmers won't have to give up yield, or pest resistance, or other attributes in order to help those most in need of a healthy and filling meal.

In 1985, Vietnam achieved self - sufficiency in rice and then went on to continue to increase its production due to supportive government policies, and its adoption of better crop management strategies and new high - yielding rice varietieIn 1985, Vietnam achieved self - sufficiency in rice and then went on to continue to increase its production due to supportive government policies, and its adoption of better crop management strategies and new high - yielding rice varietiein rice and then went on to continue to increase its production due to supportive government policies, and its adoption of better crop management strategies and new high - yielding rice varieties.

Whenever susceptible rice varieties are grown in environments that favor bacterial blight, very high yield losses, as much as over 70 %, may be caused by bacterial blight.

Dr. Kshirod K. Jena, a principal scientist at IRRI whose research has been on breaking the yield barrier of rice using genomics strategy, and his team discovered that the gene Gn1a - type 3 allele had not been very effective in indica cultivars.

Today, hybrid rice closes yield gaps evident in many areas.

However, since the 1970s, rice yield potential had stagnated, particularly in tropical indica rice cultivars.

The astonishing rice yield increases the country has achieved in the last two decades are a tribute to a nation committed to undertaking rice research matched to farmers» and consumers» needs.

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.

Featured were IRRI initiatives with heirloom rice farmers in the Cordilleras; conservation of rice genetic diversity; and the decades - long field experiment which recently yielded its 150th harvest.

Through IRRI and Vietnam partnerships, Vietnamese farmers are now able to maximize the full potential of the high - yielding rice varieties being grown in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.

It should be noted that IRRI's high - yielding varieties and farming technologies have enabled increases in production per land area for farmers and made rice generally more affordable for consumers.

Although high - yielding varieties are grown in these areas, continual progress is necessary to incorporate disease and insect resistance and improved grain quality into rice varieties.

In the region's lowland paddies, hybrid and high - yielding inbred rice varieties for the spring season, and inbred short - duration summer paddy varieties have been identified.

IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related to higher yield potential — such as large panicles, large leaves, a vigorous root system, and thick stems — in several Indonesian tropical japonica rice varieties.

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

«The use of the Rice Crop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

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.

In this light, IRRI develops elite inbred rice lines with higher yield potential, multiple resistance to insects and diseases, and superior grain quality.

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.

IR8 and the subsequent high - yielding rice varieties not only pulled Asia back from famine, but contributed immensely to the emergence of «tiger» economies among rice - producing countries in the region.

In 1960, IRRI was established with one pressing mission: to develop high - yielding rice varieties.

The objective of this collaboration with ACI is to facilitate higher rice yields, better quality, climate - change — tolerant varieties, and improved sustainability of rice production in Bangladesh.»

Rice yield subsequently rose to 4.3 tons per hectare in 2012 from 1.7 tons per hectare in 1970.

Research in Jakenan, Central Java found three drought - tolerant potential rice varieties from IRRI with high - yield potential that are suitable for the second crop — IR68833, IR68836, and S3376e.

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Some example of these varieties are IR42, IR36, and IR8 which dramatically increased rice's yield potential, ushering in an exciting new era in Asian food security and rural development.

In 1967, the first widely distributed high - yielding semidwarf rice variety, IR8, was introduced into the country.

This success is largely a result of genetic improvement in the form of high - yielding, climate change - ready, and short - duration rice varieties.

This agreement opens up more exciting collaborative activities in developing higher - yielding and more nutritious rice varieties that also meet the eating preferences of consumers,» said Dr. Morell.