Sentences with phrase «yielding rice cultivars»

We have pioneered studies demonstrating that low - yielding wild and exotic Oryza species harbor genes and quantitative trait loci (QTL) that can be used to enhance the performance of modern, high - yielding rice cultivars.

Not exact matches

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

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.

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

Using rice cultivar mixtures: a sustainable approach for managing diseases and increasing yield Integrated natural resource management for rice production