Less water, more rice: Why gene editing of rice may be a game changer | India News
Two varieties of rice – ‘DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala)’ and ‘Pusa DST Rice 1’, developed by ICAR and its institutes – are the world’s first genome-edited varieties, and promise to be a game-changer in sustainable agriculture.Scientists say these two varieties, when cultivated on 5 million hectares, can produce 4.5 million tonnes of additional paddy and…