Outline of IRRI-Japan collaborative research project, Phase IV. Functional genomics. Genetic enhancement for yield, grain quality, and stress resistance. Managing resources under intensive rice-based systems. Genetic enhancement for improving productivity and human health in fragile environments.
Monitoring of blast races to ensure durability of blast resistance in Japanese rice cultivars. Proposal for a new international system of differentiating races of blast (Pyricularia oryzae Cavara) by using LTH monogenic lines in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Protocols for the sampling of diseased specimens and evaluation of blast disease in rice. Genetic characterization of universal differential varieties for blast resistance developed under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project using DNA markers in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Identification of blast resistance genes in IRRI-bred rice varieties by segregation analysis based on a differential system. Comparison of DNA marker analysis of the blast resistance genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-bred rice varieties with gene estimation by conventional genetic analysis. Blast resistance genes and their selection markers in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
The partnership: JIRCAS /Embrapa Soybean; Current status and future perspectives on soybean production in Argentina; Molecular analysis of abiotic stress: tolerant mechanisms in soybean and its application to breeding; Development of transgenic soybean tolerant to drought stresse; Physiological evaluation of drought tolerance in brazilian soybean cultivars: water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination; Epidemiological studies of soybean rust in South America: host susceptibility and pathogenic races; Application of DNA markers for identifying genes for resistance to soybean diseases in South America and for evaluating genectic relationship among soybean gene pools; The soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe in Paraguay: its distribution, ecology, vanation in pathogenicity and damage on soybean; Evaluation of effects of an agro-pastoral system on soybean production and soil properties; Effects of agro-pastoral systems on nitrogen balance in soil in Colónia Yguazu, Alto Paraná, Paraguay; Effect of introduction of the agro-pastoral system in South America on farm management and its current status: a comparison of management conditions betwccn soybean monoculture and the agro-pastoral system inBrazil and Paraguay; Use of agricultural by-products for cattle feed in South America: case .Argentina; Charactcrization of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity in Brachiaria humidicola; Field validation of the phenomenon of nitrification inhibition by Brachiaria humidicola and other tropical grasses.
Changes in farm management and production systems: response to shrimp culture problems in the Philippines; Changes of brackish waer culture along with the decrease of monodon/banana production in Thailand.
Development of small rice-dryer suitable for use in the Mekong Delta; Improvement of feeding management for pigs using a locally available and under-utilized feed resource; Application of sugarcane syrup to improve the growth performances and nutrient...
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