The Philippines is set to pioneer hybrid rice farming in Malaysia in April as the country’s ASEAN neighbor seeks to raise self-sufficiency in rice production amid its limited rice area.
The genomic tools are helping other researchers describe links between genes and traits, including disease and insect resistance, photosynthetic and nitrogen use efficiency, starch quality, salt, heat and cold tolerance.
New research could help save lives in drought-hit parts of the world.
EUROCOM expressed interest in investment opportunities between the two countries, alluding to the high quality of Guyana’s rice.
Rice and oil plantations accounted for 38% of mangrove deforestation between 2000 and 2012, the research showed.
