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Pakistani scientist evolves extra long grain hybrid rice variety [1]

For the first time in country, private sector, after two-year successful trial based on seven-year field research, have evolved a new variety of "extra long grain hybrid rice with better yield.

Prominent scientist Dr Ghulam Mustafa Avesi, who had already developed a total of five new varieties of hybrid rice during the last seven years in collaboration with Yuan Longping Hi of Tech Agriculture Company, China, (the world's largest hybrid rice seed producers).

Publication Date: 
21/07/2008
Business Recorder (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Rice [4], Pakistan [5], Sindh [6]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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