Featured solutions

• African Rice Gall Midge: Biology, Ecology and Control (PDF file)
  Field Guide and Technical Manual
  F.E. Nwilene, K.F. Nwanze and O. Okhidievbie
  A WARDA / ADRAO publication

Bacterial blight

• Indonesia develops new rice varieties to fight bacterial blight
• Philippine scientists eye rice variety resistant to bacterial blight

Bacterial leaf blight

• National Seed Industry Council of the Philippines releases Tubigan 7, a new rice variety developed by marker-aided selection and resistant to bacterial leaf blight
• Single gene is both friend and foe to rice

Drought tolerance

• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University researchers develop new high-yielding, drought resistant rice variety

Rice blast disease

• In the battle against the devastating rice blast pathogen, USDA's Rice Cor Collection proves a genetic treasure chest
  Colección estadounidense de arroz demuestra ser un tesoro genético
• Scientists a step closer to protecting world's most important crop

Sheath blight

• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University develop rice cultivars with enhanced resistance to sheath blight

Yellow Mottle Virus

• Découverte du premier gène de résistance au virus de la panachure jaune chez le riz
  Discovery of the first resistance gene to rice yellow mottle virus
  Es descubierto el primer gen de resistencia al virus de la mancha amarilla en el arroz