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New, higher-yielding rice plant could ease threat of hunger for poor
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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An ambitious project to re-engineer photosynthesis in rice, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through a global consortium of scientists, has received a grant of US$11 million over 3 years from the Bill ...
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Scientists unlock mystery of aromatic rice
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Mar 25, 2008 |
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A researcher has found a way to preserve the aroma of jasmine rice and add the aroma to other rice varieties, the Bangkok Post reported.
Climate change threatens rice production
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Once-in-a-lifetime floods in the Philippines, India's delayed monsoon, and extensive drought in Australia are taking their toll on this year's rice crops, demonstrating the vulnerability of rice to extreme weather.
'Rice camp' shows teens the grain is now
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May 05, 2006 |
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While millions of people in Southeast Asia depend on rice, the grain is attracting few young people as either farmers or scientists.
Research finds way to double rice crops in drought-stricken areas
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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University of Alberta research has yielded a way to double the output of rice crops in some of the world's poorest, most distressed areas.
200,000 rice mutants available worldwide for scientific investigation
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Scientists across the world are building an extensive repository of genetically modified rice plants in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 genes that make up the genome of Oryza sativa. The ...
Getting to the bottom of rice
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Rice is the world's most important food crop. Understanding its valuable genetic diversity and using it to breed new rice varieties will provide the foundation for improving rice production into the future ...
Genomics Research Focuses on Rice Variety Improvement
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Jul 01, 2008 |
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Crop varieties can be improved through the study of genomics without creating genetically transformed varieties. That is the mission of a multistate research project led by the University of Arkansas System’s Division of ...
Arizona researchers to sequence West African rice strain
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Arizona researchers to unlock the genetic code of West African cultivated rice - and along the way to gain knowledge that could help commercial ...
Research required urgently to control planthopper pests
Jun 23, 2008 |
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[B]June 23-25 conference to address major threat to Asian rice production[/B] A small insect that has devastated millions of hectares of rice in southern China and Vietnam over the past few years—causing the loss of tho ...
Rice research pays off big
Dec 17, 2005 |
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Rice research leading to new and improved varieties resulted in some in farmers being lifted from poverty in China and India, a study shows.
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