Many paddy growers in Punjab will be left in the lurch again with rice millers clarifying that that they will not mill hybrid varieties of paddy. The reluctance on part of rice millers comes despite ...

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Calabarzon is urging farmers to utilize new hybrid rice varieties and various types of fertilizers to boost rice production in the ...

Karhani and Kalamdani are black and red (respectively) Indigenous rice varieties once widely grown and now they survive in a few pockets. | Ashwini Kumar Shukla via Mongabay Jhalo Devi and her husband ...

The phenomenon that the heterozygous first filial (F 1) generation often has better performance than its homozygous parents is known as heterosis or hybrid vigour 1,2,3. The development of heterotic ...

Bangladesh has recorded a sharp jump in hybrid rice coverage as many farmers gradually move away from farming inbred and local varieties, looking for higher yields and profits. Hybrid rice, a type of ...

THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) said it is testing new rice varieties nationwide with a view towards increasing farm yields by 2027. In a statement, PhilRice said it established 173 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A rice variety developed by Filipino breeders has earned international recognition after being named one of the winners in the World’s Best Rice 2025 Awards held in Phnom Penh, ...

CHENNAI, India, Aug 22 (Reuters) - India needs to boost rice yields by nearly a third by 2025 to feed its growing 1.2 billion population, but hybrid technology that could increase productivity faces ...