Genetic recipe for rice
In 2003 rice research stepped up a notch again as the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project completed its map of the crop's genetic code.
'Revealing the rice genome provides fundamental knowledge about what rice genes work to regulate growth and yield.' Takuji Sasaki, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
Now crop experts are trying to find out what each rice gene does and how in future farmers might use this knowledge to their advantage.
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