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February 15, 2016

DNA rice breakthrough raises 'green revolution' hopes
Los Banos, Philippines (AFP) Feb 15, 2016
Rice-growing techniques learned through thousands of years of trial and error are about to be turbocharged with DNA technology in a breakthrough hailed by scientists as a potential second "green revolution". Over the next few years farmers are expected to have new genome sequencing technology at their disposal, helping to offset a myriad of problems that threaten to curtail production of the grain that feeds half of humanity. Drawing on a massive bank of varieties stored in the Philippines and s ... read more

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