Breeding with the speed of climate change with the cutting-edge "SpeedFlower" protocol for rice. Gratitude to all authors involved! 🌱📚 #SpeedBreeding #ClimateResilience Pallavi Sinha Uma Maheshwar Singh IRRI 🌾 Arvind Kumar Department of Biotechnology Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Gates Foundation India doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14…

Using the 3K rice genome, the authors devised a novel method termed Extreme trait GWAS (Et-GWAS) with a GUI to effectively discover rare variants associated with agronomically important traits in rice IRRI 🌾 niranjani Pallavi Sinha Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾 bit.ly/3vcGfgV

SpeedFlower🌾 irri.org/news-and-event… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Department of Biotechnology supported IRRI’s state-of-the-art Speed Breeding Facility in Varanasi helping fast-track the breeding of new crop varieties. Dr Jitendra Singh Rajesh Gokhale #ViksitBharatSankalpYatra

Exciting news from Varanasi, India! 🇮🇳 🌏 Scientists at IRRI have unveiled #SpeedFlower 🌸 - a groundbreaking protocol for rice breeding, doubling previous yields for addressing #climatechange and global #foodneeds. 🌾🍛 ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3ew2cjtc #GrowingTheFuture

IRRI with funding support from Department of Biotechnology developed the first ever speed breeding protocol for rice that will achieve 4 to 5 crops of rice in one year, almost double of what has been possible in breeding programs until now Dr Jitendra Singh Rajesh Gokhale #ViksitBharatSankalpYatra

Superior haplotypes of key drought-responsive genes reveal opportunities for the development of climate-resilient rice varieties #Haplotype-based breeding is an emerging and innovative concept that enables the development of designer crop varieties nature.com/articles/s4200…

Pallavi Sinha from IRRI 🌾 making an excellent presentation on superior haplotype based breeding to deliver improved rice varieties for small holder farmers in Asia. Very impactful work Pallavi.

#ResearchSpotlight: This study zeroes in on an expansive dataset, showcasing the 3,000 Rice Genome Project. Using an innovative approach - ET-GWAS, scientists identified superior haplotypes for 5 key genes linked to enhancing yield under drought. 🧬 Read: bit.ly/3Hbm85E

#IntheMedia Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute’s South Asia Hub in Hyderabad have utilized haplotype breeding to pinpoint drought-resistance genes, potentially aiding in developing climate-resilient rice varieties. Read more: bit.ly/3uid781

#eventspotlight ISARC is hosting an International Speed breeding workshop titled "Speed Breeding in Crops: A Successful Story from Rice" from February 13-14. The workshop aims to cover comprehensive discussions on speed breeding with a specific case study on rice.🌾

Successfully concluded International Workshop on " #Speedbreeding in Crops: A Success story from #Rice" at IRRI 🌾 South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC)). Special thanks to Department of Biotechnology and Rajesh Gokhale Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾, Uma Maheshwar Singh, and Pallavi Sinha Indian Council of Agricultural Research. CGIAR .

#LOOK: At the IRRI Rice Breeding Innovations South Asia Advancement Meetings, scientists showcased topics spanning different fields of rice science for varietal improvement & deployment to farmers' fields. Stay tuned for more research updates. #WithScienceWeCan #RiceScience

Had great experience organizing workshop during PAG Australia with Pallavi Sinha Huge thanks to Abdulqader Jighly Natalie Dillon, Vasudev Kumanduri, Rhys G. R. Copeland shri hari prasad for sharing insights on predictive breeding for crop improvement. Thanks to Rajeev Varshney FRS for all his support

Online now: Speed breeding 3.0: mainstreaming light-driven plant breeding for sustainable genetic gains dlvr.it/TKzFcL

#HappeningNow: A training on “Sequencing-based Trait Mapping” is underway at ISARC, Varanasi (June 12–14), under the DBT-funded Emerging Diseases Project & IRRI-ICAR TA4. Focus: genomics, pathogen mapping & key rice diseases like BPH, sheath blight, & false smut. 🌾🧬 CGIAR

🌾💡 Can we breed crops at the speed of climate change ? Proud to share the incredible work of IRRI scientists supported by Department of Biotechnology, Speed Breeding 3.0. published in Trends in Biotechnology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The IRRI South Asia Hub seeks applications for a Project Associate I (DBT-funded) position to advance rice breeding innovation. The candidate will develop and deploy computational pipelines for genomics and predictive breeding. emea3.recruitmentplatform.com/syndicated/pri…