University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 08:35
in Mathematics & Economics
A University of Arizona-led consortium has been awarded $9.9 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a deeper understanding of the wild relatives of cultivated rice with the ultimate goal of creating next-generation varities that are better capable of withstanding drought and poorer soils and produce higher yields than current forms of domesticated rice.