The Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) held a field day in the IRRI South Asia Regional Center (ISARC), Varanasi last 18 October 2019. It was attended by 35 participants from 16 private seed companies engaged in hybrid rice such as Bioseed, Ankur Seeds,...
With the intention to build the capacity of partners in the public and private sectors on hybrid rice seed production, the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC), in collaboration with the Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) and...
Recent research and technological advancements have significantly improved the quality and viability of hybrid rice. Still, the lack of awareness among value chain actors on these improvements threatens to impede its full potential as a climate-resilient alternative...
The first hybrid padi developed by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) has been named Kadaria 1. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said this was the best achievement of Mardi so far, and it is something padi...
The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and his team achieved record-breaking yields, according to the test results of its first public yield monitoring from Monday to Tuesday. The final yield of the tested variety, G3-1S/P19,...
