Citation: Gurdev S Khush, WR Coffman. 1977. Genetic Evaluation and Utilization (GEU) Program. The Rice Improvement Program of the International Rice Research Institute. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 51:97-110.

Keywords: Rice breeding, germ plasm collection, interdisciplinary research, disease and insect resistance, international cooperation, agroclimatic zones, Oryza staiva, development of screening techniques, identify donor parents, study variation in disease and pest resistance, mechanisms of resistance, inheritance of resistance, agronomic characteristics, grain quality, blast, bacterial blight, grassy stunt, tungro, Nephotettix virescens, Nilaparvata lugens, Sciprophaga incertulas, Chilo suppressalis, Orseolia oryzae, protein content, drought tolerance, adverse soil tolerance, deep water and flood tolerance, temperature tolerance, training, program policy, operational procedures