​​From stress physiology to technology development in the rainfed lowlands of Southeast Asia

An IRRI Seminar

By Y​oichiro Kato​​
Scientist​ II​-​Rainfed Lowland Agronomist for Southeast Asia
​​Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD)

​13 ​August 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI

Abstract:

The rainfed rice ecosystem spreads 55 million hectares in South and Southeast Asia, where rice growth is often hampered by water problems (drought and floods). In many cases, other problems related to soil and water, such as salinity and nutrient disorder, accompany them. Fortunately, breeders from IRRI and NARES have already developed a series of stress-tolerant rice varieties and have disseminated them to farmers’ fields. One of our challenges now is to make full use of these materials.

However, as experts themselves, Asian farmers already have an independent opinion on how they could make their crops adapt better to stress-prone environments. They are the ones to give a final review of any "innovative" option, and ready-made recommendations may not often work. In this seminar, I will briefly introduce how we've tried to address these issues in the Rainfed Lowland Agronomy team for the last two years, seeking for both basic understanding of and interaction with farmers.

A strategy for mitigating heat-induced spikelet sterility at flowering in rice with the early-morning flowering trait

An IRRI Seminar

By Tsutomu Ishimaru
Senior Scientist-Plant Breeder
IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project
Plant Breeding, Genetics,  and Biotechnology (PBGB)

6 August 2015

1:15-2:15 p.m.

Havener Auditorium

IRRI

A personal take on conventional breeding of Milyang

An IRRI Seminar

By Un-Sang Yeo
Senior Scientist-Seconded from RDA, Korea
Plant Breeding, Genetics,  and Biotechnology (PBGB)

30 July 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI

Geography@IRRI (Part 2)

An IRRI Seminar

By Andy Nelson
Senior Scientist-Geographer and Head-GIS Lab
Social Sciences Division (SSD)

18 June 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI

Stress-response genetic network in rice: Hierarchy, epistasis, epialleles, and transgressive phenotypes

An IRRI Seminar

By Benildo G. de los Reyes
Professor of Molecular Genetics
School of Biology and Ecology
University of Maine, USA

11 June 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI