A US plant biologist helped create a type of flood-resistant rice that is being introduced to India and Bangladesh.
Pamela Ronald developed the new rice strain with a colleague at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) near Manila, David Mackill, and another scientist at the University of California Riverside, Julia Bailey-Serres.
"Most rice plants will die if submerged for just three days, but the new variety can withstand two weeks of flooding. It can make a crucial difference in a region where subsis tence farmers grow rice to feed their families and four million tonnes of rice is lost each year to flooding.
Flood-resistant rice developed
FE Report | Published: March 15, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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