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Development of Crop Genotypes for the Midlands and Mountain Areas of North Vietnam

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Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Terminated

Development of Crop Genotypes for the Midlands and Mountain Areas of North Vietnam

Developing New Promising Lines of Rice to Boost Food Security in Vietnam

Principal Investigator

- Prof.
  YOSHIMURA Atsushi
  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyusyu University

ODA Recipient Country

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Research Institutions in Japan

Kyusyu University / Nagoya University

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Hanoi University of Agriculture (HUA), etc.

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2010

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Improving food self-sufficiency by applying Japanese genome technology of rice
Vietnamese economy has grown rapidly in recent years, but in the northern area, food shortages, income disparities and other problems still exist. Food self-sufficiency is particularly low in northern mountainous regions, where yield of rice is limited. This project aims to apply efficient breeding technology that utilize rice genomics to develop new promising lines of rice that show short growing duration, high yield, and resistance to disease and insect pests. The project will contribute to ensure food production in the midlands and mountainous areas of Vietnam, eventually boosting food self-sufficiency to 90%.

Leveraging rice genomics to drive next-generation breeding research in rice
We have succeeded in identifying several genes of rice, and aim to hybridize promising lines carrying these genes to create new lines with more desirable characters. We are also searching related cultivation methods for ensuring the adaptability of the newly developed lines in the midlands and mountainous areas of northern Vietnam.

Photo gallery

Use of vacuum pump emasculation (removal of anthers to prevent self-pollination) in Vietnam for the first time to carry out hybridization of rice in large-scale