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Breakthrough in quest to boost rice yields [1]

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If any crop needs an evolutionary boost, it's rice. Nearly half of humanity relies on the stuff, and yields must increase more than 50 per cent by 2050 to feed growing demand, so the discovery of a gene mutation that can bump up yields by a full 10 per cent is exciting news.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2010
Debora MacKenzie [2]
New Scientist [3]
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Agriculture [4], Agricultural Research [5], Plant Breeding [6], Rice [7], China [8], Japan [9], New Scientist [3], Debora MacKenzie [2], Food Security [10]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/breakthrough-quest-boost-rice-yields
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/debora-mackenzie
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-breeding
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security