Boosting rice production to feed a rapidly growing world population requires an urgent, coordinated global effort, according to a group of leading rice scientists. The scientists set out a roadmap for improving the “yield potential” of rice – the plant’s genetic capability to produce grain – during a special meeting of The Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) at CIAT’sRead More …
Rice roadmap provides an alternative to the quest for “mega-varieties”
8 September, 2011 by (comments)Filed Under: Crop diversity, Crops @en