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  2. Hybrid rice - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid Rice. Hybrid rice is a type of Asian rice that has been crossbred from two very different parent varieties. [1] As with other types of hybrids, hybrid rice typically displays heterosis or "hybrid vigor", so when grown under the same conditions as comparable purebred rice varieties, it can produce up to 30% more yield. [2]

  3. Hybrid seed - Wikipedia

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    Elite inbred strains are used that express well-documented and consistent phenotypes with yield that is relatively good for inbred plants. [2] Other characteristics of the parents are carefully chosen to provide desirable traits such as improved color, flavour, or disease resistance.

  4. Semi-dwarf IR36 - Wikipedia

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    By cross-breeding together IR8 with 13 parent varieties from six nations, Dr. Khush developed IR36, a semi-dwarf variety that proved highly resistant to a number of the major insect pests and diseases that raised farmers' rice yields and drove down prices of the staple food for Asian families. [1]

  5. List of rice cultivars - Wikipedia

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    Rice can come in many shapes, colours and sizes. This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties.There are several species of grain called rice. [1] Asian rice (Oryza sativa) is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies (indica and japonica) and over 40,000 varieties. [2]

  6. Yuan Longping - Wikipedia

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    It was thus difficult to produce hybrid rice in large quantities. In 1961 he spotted a seed-head of wild hybrid rice. [12] By 1964, Yuan hypothesized that naturally-mutated male-sterile rice could exist and could be used for the creation of new hybrid rice varieties. He and a student spent the summer searching for male sterile rice plants.

  7. 11 benefits of chia seeds from gut health to weight loss - AOL

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    Chia seeds are tiny and round, and come in colors like black, brown, and white. They’re a member of the mint family, and related to rosemary and scarlet sage, among other herbs.

  8. Open pollination - Wikipedia

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    To add some confusion, the term hybrid inbred applies to hybrids that are made from selected inbred lines that have certain desired characteristics (see inbreeding). The latter type of hybrid is sometimes designated F1 hybrid , i.e. the first hybrid (filial) generation whose parents were (different) inbred lines.

  9. Flour Bugs Are a Real Thing—Here’s an Easy Way to ... - AOL

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    Weevils also are known to infest oats, rice, corn, corn meal, sorghum, and cereal, so you might want to apply the same practice you do to your flour as those items as well.

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