Gene breakthrough could boost rice yields by 20pc

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Gene breakthrough could boost rice yields by 20pc [1]

Scientists on Wednesday said they had developed a strain of rice that grows well in soils lacking the nutrient phosphorus, a feat that could boost crop yields for some farmers by as much as a fifth

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24/08/2012

Source: Daily Star (Bangladesh) [2]

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