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Qualities of rice in Africa
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Qualities of rice in Africa
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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The yield of African rice Oryza Glaberrima may be lower than Asian varieties, which might explain why breeders seem to have neglected it. It has more than just its preferred taste going for it. One unexplored quality to have caught the eye of the rice genetics group of the IRD laboratory in Montpellier, France, is a built-in resistance against a nematode (Heterodora sacchari). This causes considerable losses in the Asian Oryza sativa in African fields. The group is working on crossing the two species. IRD BP 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cédex, France Email: mathias.lorieux@mpl.ird.fr The yield of African rice Oryza Glaberrima may be lower than Asian varieties, which might explain why breeders seem to have neglected it. It has more than just its preferred taste going for it. One unexplored quality to have caught the eye of the... |
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2014-10-16T09:05:58Z
2014-10-16T09:05:58Z 2001 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2001. Qualities of rice in Africa. Spore 94. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46243 |
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en
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Spore;94
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CTA
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Spore
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