New Hybrid Rice in India
May 4, 2007| |
Researchers from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have developed a new variety of rice that is high-yielding, drought resistant and suitable for rain-fed areas. This new variety can yield up to 3.7 tons per hectare. Conventional and molecular breeding methods following a novel participatory approach were both used to come up with this variety, said Dr. T S Raveendran, Director of Center for Plant Breeding and Genetics, TNAU. Dr. Ravendeen added that a ‘super hybrid rice’ needs to be developed that is resistant to the ‘rice tungro virus disease’ and new rice cultivars that are suitable for making ‘idly’, an Indian bread.
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