IRRI To Unveil New Flood Resistance Variety

The Philippine based International Rice Research Institute, (IRRI) has announced availability of a new flood-resistant rice variety for commercial cultivation in Asia by the middle of next year.

The rice variety, called Swarna Sub-1, was developed in 2004 by IRRI reserachers who implanted a submergence-resistant gene in a high-yielding Indian rice variety through conventional breeding.