date:Dec 04, 2013
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization-Institute of Crop Science and a former IRRI scientist.
The Philippine-based IRRI said tropical japonica rice is mainly grown in East Asia and accounts for only about 10 percent of global rice output.
Incorporating the SPIKE gene into indica varieties that are very popular and widely used across 70 percent of global rice- growing areas could significantly contribute to food security, it added.
IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related