Researchers in China successfully grew a new low-methane hybrid rice variety across multiple locations, with additional tests conducted in the fall of 2022 at two other sites, 300 kilometers apart ...

NAPIGEN, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in advanced gene-editing technologies, has received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirming that its gene-edited rice ...

A side-by-side comparison of traditional upland rice and hybrid rice TH 82 variety highlights the improved yield and ...

Yuan Longping, an agronomist who developed strains of high-yield rice that made significant progress against famine, died in a hospital on May 22 at age 90. People’s Daily, a state-run media outlet in ...

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SOLANA, Cagayan (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Southern Cagayan Research Center, promoted hybrid rice technologies to improve rice production during a Farmers’ Field Day in ...

China, for example, that is doing a lot of business with the continent, revolutionized rice production in Asia through the use of hybrid rice technology. Currently, the share of hybrid rice in ...

Varanasi: A two-day awareness and training programme on direct seeded rice (DSR) and zero tillage wheat (ZTW) was conducted ...

The CMS trait is a fundamental component in the development of higher yielding hybrid rice lines. The USDA’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services ...

told the farmers at the Kisan Mela that hybrid rice is not recommended by the Varsity, and encouraged farmers to instead retain and reuse seeds of university developed varieties. Addressing ...

NAIROBI/BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The 20,000-ariary banknote of Madagascar features a golden ear of hybrid rice, a symbol of agricultural partnership between China and Africa. Since 2007 ...