Scientists Develop Salt Tolerant Rice Variety

Scientists Develop Salt Tolerant Rice Variety

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A group of Indian scientists has developed a new salt-tolerant transgenic rice plant by over-expressing a gene from wild rice called Porteresia coarctata into the commonly used IR 64 indica rice variety. Porteresia coarctata is a native of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar and is grown mainly in saline estuaries
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A Mango Database Developed For Plant Breeders

A Mango Database Developed For Plant Breeders

Even if you are mango connoisseur it may be difficult for you to identify all mango varieties grown in India. While the number of commercial mango varieties is about 30, more than a thousand different types of mango plants are cultivated and propagated in India.

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Scientists Develop Bio-Fortified Maize to Address ‘Hidden Hunger’

Scientists Develop Bio-Fortified Maize to Address ‘Hidden Hunger’

Researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed a maize variety which is rich in both Vitamin A and essential amino acids through the process of plant breeding.

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