The US Agricultural Research Service has said its scientists recently completed an agronomic analysis of a rice genebank, providing breeders with information that they can use to improve the crop.

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The researchers analysed the US Department of Agriculture Rice Core Collection, part of the National Small Grains Collection (NSGC). The ARS said its analysis shows that the core collection captures more than 70% of the genetic variation in all the NSGC lines, according to estimates.


“Reaching this milestone will help researchers to find genes that have important traits and to transfer those genes to commercial cultivars,” the ARS said.


The Agricultural Research Service is the US Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific research agency.

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