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Untapped rice varieties could sustain crop supplies in face of climate change

Local rice varieties in Vietnam could be used to help breed improved crops with a higher resilience to climate change, according to a new study published in Rice.

EI trains the next generation of rice breeders in Vietnam

Scientists from the Earlham Institute (EI) in partnership with Agricultural Genetics Institute (AGI) begin their bioinformatics training programme in Vietnam to identify 600 rice varieties to accelerate crop breeding. The team, led by Dr Jose De Vega, aim to sequence and analyse the genetic diversity in Vietnamese native rice lines to help Vietnam’s crop research and precision breeding programmes.

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