Selasa, 16 Februari 2010

Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)

Some of farmers’ favorite rice varieties have a flaw or two. African rice farmers often want to keep a variety they have grown for years, but it may be susceptible to a certain disease, or easily damaged by drought or salinity, which cause large losses of rice in Africa.

Geneticists at AfricaRice are using a technique called “marker assisted selection” (MAS) to improve the resistance of rice

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