IRRI ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Prof. Friedrich Berschauer Rered Chair of the Board of Management Bayer CropScience Am gruenen Weiher 28 51467 Bergisch Gladbach Germany Tel: +49 2202 1088 110 Fax: +49 2202 1088 111 E-mail: friedrich.berschauer@google mail.com Dr. Mutsuo Iwamoto President Society for Techno-Innovaon of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Sankaido Bldg. 7F Akasaka 1-9-13, Minato-ku Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan Tel: +81 3 3586 8644 Fax: +81 3 3586 8277 E-mail: iwamoto@staff.or.jp nqb02120@niſty.com Dr. Seong-Hee Lee KOSEF Professor Andong Naonal University 405-1105 Jukong Apartment Byulyang-dong, Kwanchun-si Kyeonngi-do 427-731 Republic of Korea Tel: +82 70 8682 3606 Mobile: +82 17 735 6811 E-mail: [email protected]Dr. Jillian Lenné Consultant Agricultural Research for Development DFID Research into Use Program Co-Editor-in-Chief, Field Crops Research Vising Professor in Agrobiodiversity University of Greenwich North Old Moss Croſt, Fyvie, Turrif Aberdeenshire AB53 8NA, UK Tel: +44 0 1651 806153 E-mail: [email protected]Prof. Joyce K. Kikafunda Professor Department of Food Science and Technology Faculty of Agriculture Makerere University P. O. Box 7602 Kampala, Uganda Tel: 256-77-484-136 Fax: 256-41-531641 E-mail: [email protected]Dr. P. Stephen Baenziger Eugene W. Price Professor Dept. of Agronomy and Horculture University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0915 USA Tel: 1 402 472 1538 E-mail: [email protected]1 of 2 BILL STA. CLARA BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2011 1 of 2 Board chair Emerlinda R. Roman
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IRRI AnnuAl RepoRt 2011
Prof. Friedrich BerschauerRetired Chair of the Board of ManagementBayer CropScienceAm gruenen Weiher 2851467 Bergisch Gladbach GermanyTel: +49 2202 1088 110Fax: +49 2202 1088 111E-mail: friedrich.berschauer@google mail.com
Dr. Mutsuo IwamotoPresidentSociety for Techno-Innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesSankaido Bldg. 7FAkasaka 1-9-13, Minato-kuTokyo, 107-0052, JapanTel: +81 3 3586 8644Fax: +81 3 3586 8277E-mail: [email protected][email protected]
Dr. Seong-Hee LeeKOSEF ProfessorAndong National University405-1105 Jukong ApartmentByulyang-dong, Kwanchun-siKyeonngi-do 427-731Republic of KoreaTel: +82 70 8682 3606Mobile: +82 17 735 6811E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Jillian LennéConsultantAgricultural Research for DevelopmentDFID Research into Use ProgramCo-Editor-in-Chief, Field Crops ResearchVisiting Professor in AgrobiodiversityUniversity of GreenwichNorth Old Moss Croft, Fyvie, TurrifAberdeenshire AB53 8NA, UKTel: +44 0 1651 806153E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Joyce K. KikafundaProfessorDepartment of Food Science and TechnologyFaculty of AgricultureMakerere UniversityP. O. Box 7602Kampala, UgandaTel: 256-77-484-136Fax: 256-41-531641E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. P. Stephen BaenzigerEugene W. Price ProfessorDept. of Agronomy and HorticultureUniversity of NebraskaLincoln, Nebraska 68583-0915USATel: 1 402 472 1538E-mail: [email protected]
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Mr. Alfredo E. Pascual (ex officio)PresidentUniversity of the PhilippinesDiliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesTel: +63 2 928 3014; 928 0110; 924 2725Fax: +63 2 920 6882E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Achmad SuryanaDirector GeneralIndonesian Agency for Food SecurityMinistry of AgricultureKantor Pusat DeptanJl. Harsono Rm. No. 3, Gedung E-Lantai 4Ragunan, Jakarta, Selatan 12550IndonesiaTel: +62 21 780 1242; 780 6205Fax: +62 21 788 30228E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Mohammed SyeduzzamanChairman, BOC Bangladesh LtdChairman, Bangladesh Rice FoundationChairman, Credit Rating Agency for BangladeshVice Chairman, Infrastructure and Indus- trial Development Finance CompanyApartment 401/402Concord WindsorHouse No. 7, Road No. 59Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212BangladeshTel/Fax: +880 2 8127568E-mail: syeduzzaman@bocbangladesh. com
Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman ProfessorCollege of Business AdministrationUniversity of the PhilippinesDiliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesTel: +63 2 929 7991E-mail: [email protected]
Hon. Proceso J. Alcala (ex officio)Secretary Department of AgricultureElliptical Road, Diliman 1100 Quezon City, PhilippinesTel: +63 2 920 4323; 920 4358Fax: +63 2 929 8183; 928 5140 E-mail: [email protected][email protected]
Dr. Robert S. Zeigler (ex officio)Director GeneralInternational Rice Research InstituteDAPO Box 7777Metro Manila, PhilippinesTel: +63 2 818 1926; 810 5337; 892 0354; 580 5600Fax: +63 2 891 1292; 580 5699E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Huqu ZhaiPresidentChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences12 Zhongguancun NandajieBeijing 100081People's Republic of ChinaTel: 0086-10-82109396Fax: 0086-10-62174060E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Rita SharmaSecretary to theNational Advisory Council113 New Moti BaghNew Delhi 110023, IndiaTel: 91 112 688 3988E-mail: [email protected]
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Degree anD postDegree training
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
International training courses
SNP Data Analysis 8-11 Mar 22
Rice Research and Production 21-22 Mar 23
Rice: Research to Production 16 May - 3 Jun 27
Season-Long Rice Farming Training 20 Jun - 14 Oct 25
Rice Breeding Course 9-24 Aug 29
Enhancing Global Rice Research Leadership (Graduate Studies for Leadership in Rice Research)
15-26 Aug 23
Molecular Breeding Course 19-30 Sep 10
Rice Production Techniques for Researchers 10-28 Oct 12
Rice: Post-Production to Market Training Course 17-28 Oct 22
Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques 3-9 Nov 13
Rice Research and Production (Indonesia) 15 Nov - 5 Dec 14
Writing a Research Article for International Publication 28 Nov - 2 Dec 25
Guiding Novice Authors to Write Scientific Articles for International Publications
5-7 Dec 13
Intercultural Thesis Supervision: Strategies for CGIARs 8-9 Dec 9
Communication Skills Development Course 5 Apr - 10 Jun 22
Subtotal 289
International training workshops
Basic Scientific Writing Workshop 24-28 Oct 25
Phenotyping for Abiotic Stresses 27 Oct-11 Nov 23
Subtotal 48
In-country training courses
Design of Field Experiment and Data Analysis in Agricul-tural Science
14-18 Feb 22
Basic Experimental Design and Data Analysis Using R-CropStat
14-18 Mar 22
Basic Experimental Design and Data Analysis Using R-CropStat in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, University of Nagoya, Japan
6-10 Jun 17
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Basic Experimental Designs and Data Analysis using R-CropStat, PhilRice, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
28 Feb-4 Mar 29
Research Data Management 101 17-19 May 20
Research Data Management 101 16-18 Aug 19
Farmer-to-Farmer Video Production Course 1-14 Jul 14
Rice Technology Transfer Systems in Asia 16-27 Aug 19
Radiation Safety Course for IRRI RAM Users 14-16 Feb 7
Creating Concept Notes, 1st offering 11 Feb 25
Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Monitoring Rice Areas
4-8 Apr 10
Basic Rice Production Training 12-14 Apr 19
Trainers' Training on Establishing Community-Based Seed Systems in Laos
23-27 May 12
Research Data Management 101 15-17 May 20
Mass Metrology and Calibration 15 Jul 70
Research Data Management 101 16-18 Aug 19
Proper Use of Laboratory Oven: Baking 101 22-Sep 63
Chemical Waste Management 11 Oct 153
Research Data Management 101 15-17 Nov 20
Practical Course on Incident Management and Business Continuity
1-2 Dec 33
National Program Relations (NPR)
Basic ICT Training Focused on Pinoy Rice Knowledge Bank and Nutrient Manager for Rice
2-3 Jun 29
Basic ICT Training Focused on Pinoy Rice Knowledge Bank and Nutrient Manager for Rice
12-13 Jul 30
ICT Training on Nutrient Manager and Pinoy Rice Knowl-edge Bank
18-19 Jul 16
ICT Training on Nutrient Manager and Pinoy Rice Knowl-edge Bank
21-22 Jul 26
ICT Training on Nutrient Manager and Pinoy Rice Knowl-edge Bank
26-27 Jul 18
Group training courses conducted in 2011.
IRRI AnnuAl RepoRt 2011
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
ICT Training on Nutrient Manager and Pinoy Rice Knowl-edge Bank
4-5 Aug 27
ICT Training on Nutrient Manager and Pinoy Rice Knowl-edge Bank
2-3 Aug 43
Seed Health Training 2 Sep 27
Seed Health Training 21-22 Sep 29
Training of Trainers on Upland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
3-7 Oct 47
Training of Trainers on Lowland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
3-7 Oct 18
Training of Trainers on Lowland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
17-21 Oct 27
Training of Trainers on Upland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
24-28 Oct 47
Training of Trainers on Lowland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
24-28 Oct 24
Training of Trainers on Lowland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
8-11 Nov 21
Training of Trainers on lowland Rice Quality Seed Produc-tion and Community Seed Banking
21-25 Nov 19
Pest Management Seminar 16 Dec 97
Crop and Environmental Sciences Division
Training on Rice Arthropod Biodiversity and Taxonomy 12-16 Sep 30
Training on Household Survey for Impact Assessment Studies
7-11 Mar 20
Training on Household Survey for Impact Assessment Studies
14-19 Mar 20
Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments
Farmers' Training on Rice Community Seed Bank 16-17 Oct 23
Farmers' Training on Rice Community Seed Bank 18-19 Oct 25
Farmers' Training on Rice Community Seed Bank 20-21 Oct 26
Local Resource Persons' Training on Community Seed Bank 9-13 Nov 18
Local Resource Persons' Training on Seed Quality Control, Routine Tests, Seed Certification, and Marketing
20-24 Dec 18
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Local Resource Persons' Training on Rice-Based Off-Season Vegetable Farming
25-29 Dec 18
Water-Saving Technologies in the Banaoag Pump Irrigation Project
18 Apr 45
Water Management in Rice Production for Training of Trainers on Sustainable Rice Production
17 May 23
Alternate Wetting and Drying Water-Saving Technology 3 Jun 23
Water-saving Technologies 22 Jun 30
Training on Integrated Crop Management Jan - May 113
Training Course on Rice Production in Low-Altitude Areas of Bhutan
8-12 Mar 18
Training on Weed Management and Safe Application of Herbicides
30-31May 23
Training on Hermetic Storage for Nongovernment Organizations
6 Jul 9
Training on Hermetic Storage for Nongovernment Organizations
7 Jul 9
Training on Hermetic Storage for Nongoverment Organizations
13-15 Jul 24
Training on Rice Seed Storage Management 24-25 Aug 37
Training of Trainers on Upland/Lowland Rice Quality Seed Production and Community Seed Banking
3-7 Oct 40
Training on Reversible Airflow Flatbed Dryers and Hermetic Storage
11-12 Oct 40
Participatory Video Production Training for Learning Alliance Partners
14 Oct 40
Training of Trainers on Upland/Lowland Rice Quality Seed Production and Community Seed Banking
17-21 Oct 29
Laser Leveling Demonstration and Seminar on Postharvest Technologies
12 Nov 72
Improving Rice Productivity in Bohol through Private-Public Partnership
20-21 Mar 7
Presentation and Hands-on Training on NMRice Web and NMRice Mobile
22-Mar 61
Presentation and Hands-on Training on NMRice Web and NMRice Mobile
15-Apr 35
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Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Orientation on NMRice 27 Apr 35
Orientation on NMRice 05 May 35
Orientation on NMRice 10 May 120
Presentation on NMRice 18 May 35
Presentation and Training on NMRice Web and NMRice Mobile
19 May 200
Basic ICT Training 2-3 Jun 48
Orientation on NMRice 3 Jun 12
Rice Extension Assistance for Catholic Relief Services 21-24 Jun 35
Orientation on NMrice 22 Jun 120
Basic ICT Training 18-19 Jul 30
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 23 Jul 22
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 26-27 Jul 30
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 4-5 Aug 60
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 11 Aug 3
Pretesting of Android Application of NMRice 24-26 Aug 22
Pretesting of Android Application of NMRice 7 Sep 12
Training on Web, IVR, and Android Applications of NMRice 8 Sep 25
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 13-14 Sep 40
Pretesting of Android Applications of NMRice 26-29 Sep 12
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 3-7 Oct 70
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 12 Oct 35
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 13-14 Oct 40
Nutrient Management Technology 19 Oct 37
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 24-28 Oct 39
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 28 Oct 60
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 3 Nov 33
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 10-11 Nov 36
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 18 Nov 107
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 21-23 Nov 49
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 24-25 Nov 60
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Municipal-wide Technical Briefing and Techno Clinic 2 Dec 215
Presentation on the Use of NMRice 356
Subtotal 4,067
In-country training workshops
Hybrid Rice Breeding and Seed Production 3-17 Jul 14
Workshop on Community Radio 28 Feb-2 Mar 35
Introduction to Bioinformatics Training Workshop 24-25 May 15
Training-Workshop on Social Science Concepts and Tools for Technology Assessment, Research Evaluation, and Impact Assessment
25 Jul- 5 Aug 23
Mendeley Training Workshop 19 Jul
Mendeley Training Workshop 29 Jul
Mendeley Training Workshop 11Aug
Stakeholders’ Workshop for the Cyber Village Project, Phase 2: Luzon
2-4 Feb 59
Stakeholders’ Workshop for the Cyber Village Project, Phase 2: Mindanao
9-11 Feb 42
Stakeholders’ Workshop for the Cyber Village Project, Phase 2: Visayas
30-31 Mar 36
Crop and Environmental Sciences Division
Training Workshop on Rice Arthropod Biodiversity and Ecological and Sociological Research Methods
11-22 Jul 23
Student Symposium: Insect and Virus Resistance in Rice 8-9 Nov 13
Workshop on Integrated Field Crop and Water Manage-ment and Development of Good Agricultural Practices for Southern Laos
10-11 Jan 17
Workshop on Integrated Field Crop and Water Manage-ment and Development of Good Agricultural Practices for Southern Laos
13-14 Jan 20
Aerobic Rice Technology 4 Mar 50
Establishing a Roadmap of the Aerobic Rice Program for Region II
28-29 Mar
Aerobic Rice Technology 18-19 Jun 50
Training-Workshop on Water Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka
23-24 Jun 15
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Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Workshop on Alternate Wetting and Drying for Resource Conservation and Reduction of Environmental Pollution
13-14 Dec 65
GRISP Workshop: Boosting Agricultural Mechanization in Rice-Based Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
6-8 Jun 50
Workshop and Seminar on Paddy Storage for the Mekong Delta: Summary and Some Recommendations
30 Jun 51
Principles of Drying and Storage 30 Jun-1 Jul 37
Communication Strategies Workshop on Postharvest Technologies
19-20 Jul 20
Planning Meeting and Workshop on the Use of NMRice on the Web and NMRice Mobile
07 Jan 7
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 11 Jan 25
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 13 Jan 65
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 14 Jan 35
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 20 Jan 50
Course title Duration Participants (no.)
Orientation on NMRice 02 Feb 60
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 03 Feb 35
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice Use 04 Feb 45
Orientation on NMRice 9-11Feb 45
Farmers' Meeting on NMRice 15 Feb 35
Planning Meeting and Workshop on the Use of NMRice on the Web and NMRice Mobile
17 Feb 15
Orientation on NMRice 28 Feb 150
Field Visits and NMRice Updates 09 Mar 30
Presentation on NMRice 9-10 Mar 33
Planning Meeting and Workshop on the Use of NMRice on the Web and NMRice Mobile
01 Apr 20
Meeting on NMRice Dissemination in the Philippines 4-5 Apr 5
Subtotal 1,290
Grand total 5,694
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Alumni scholars, by country and region.Region Country Female Male Total
Africa Senegal 1 1
Uganda 1 1
Subtotal 2 2
Asia Bangladesh 2 3 5
Cambodia 1 1
China 2 12 14
India 3 3
Indonesia 3 3
Japan 1 1
Laos PDR 1 1
Nepal 3 3
Pakistan 2 2
Philippines 15 5 20
South Korea 19 11 30
Vietnam 2 11 13
Subtotal 45 51 96
Central America and the Caribbean Dominican Republic 1 1
Subtotal 1 1
Europe Belgium 1 1
France 1 1
Germany 2 2 4
Spain 1 1 2
United Kingdom 3 3
Subtotal 8 3 11
North America United States of America 1 1
Subtotal 1 1
South America Bolivia 1 1
Subtotal 1 1
Grand total 55 57 112
Alumni scholars, by type.
Designation Female Male Total
Type 1 – PhD, MS, and BS thesis research at IRRI
MS 9 5 14
PhD 7 15 22
BS 6 1 7
Type II – PhD and MS coursework and thesis research at IRRI
PhD 1 1 2
MS 3 3
Type III – OJT/interns/fellows
Interns 25 16 41
Japan-CGIAR fellow 1 1
On-the-job trainees 6 16 22
Grand total 55 57 112
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Scholars on board in 2011, by country and region.
Region Country Female Male Total
Africa Burundi 1 1
Kenya 1 1
Mozambique 1 1
Rwanda 1 1 2
Tanzania 1 1 2
Uganda 1 1
Subtotal 2 6 8
Asia Bangladesh 5 7 12
China 3 8 11
India 3 4 7
Indonesia 1 1
Japan 1 1
Korea 1 1
Lao PDR 3 3
Malaysia 2 2
Myanmar 7 7
Nepal 2 6 8
Pakistan 4 4
Philippines 23 13 36
Sri Lanka 3 3
Vietnam 4 4
Subtotal 50 50 100
Central America and the Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines 1 1
Subtotal 1 1
Europe France 1 1
Germany 2 2
Netherlands 1 1
Spain 1 1 2
United Kingdom 1 3 4
Subtotal 4 6 10
Middle East Iran 2 1 3
Subtotal 2 1 3
North AmericaUnited States of America 1 1
Subtotal 1 1
Grand total 59 64 123
Scholars on board in 2011, by type.
Designation Female Male Total
Type 1 – PhD, MS, and BS thesis research at IRRI
MS 12 10 22
PhD 18 24 42
BS 3 3 6
Type II – PhD and MS coursework and thesis research at IRRI
MS 4 3 7
PhD 15 13 28
Type III – OJT/interns/fellows
On-the-job trainees 4 5 9
Interns 3 5 8
Visitor/collaborator 1 1
Grand total 59 64 123
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Juan Alzona, Romulo Aquino, Teodoro Atienza, Lilia Villanueva, and Dennis Villegas, Quality Evaluation Team, GQNC
• Received the IRRI Award for Outstanding Research Support
Sonia Asilo, Andy Nelson, Jorrel Khalil Aunario, Alice Laborte, Yann Chemin, and Robert Hijmans, PBGB
• Won the Best Poster Award for Automated mapping of rice paddies using multitemporal modis images and R, Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, May.
P. Stephen Baenziger, BOT member
• Given the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, March.
Emmy Ballesfin, records management specialist, PMMS
• Appointed member of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) of the Philippine government, August.
Nguyen Cao Quan Binh, research scholar, PBGB
• Received the Best MS Thesis Award from the Philippine chapter of the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture of the USA (Molecular and biochemical characterization of germin-like protein in rice), May.
Roland Buresh, principal scientist, CESD
• Received the 2011 Norman Borlaug Award from the International Fertilizer Industry Association for his work in transforming the scientific concept of site-specific nutrient management to innovative knowledge transfer tools based on decision-support software, the Internet, mobile phones and field practices readily usable by rice growers, May.
• Received the IRRI Award for Outstanding Administrative Support, April.
Evangelina Ella, Maribel Dionisio-Sese, and Abdelbagi Ismail, CESD
• Won third prize in the Best Poster competition (Seed priming improves crop establishment of rice in flooded soils), Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, May.
Jaymee R. Encabo, former IRRI scholar
• Awarded third prize in the Talent Search for Young Scientists of the Philippines of the National Academy of Science and Technology, July.
Kong Luen Heong, senior scientist- insect ecology, CESD
• Inducted into TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, for his contributions to agricultural science and sustainable development, particularly for his transdisciplinary work to integrate insect
ecology with psychology, communication, and the social sciences to develop simple heuristics and for using entertainment education and media to motivate thousands of rice farmers to make better decisions in pest management, November.
John Carlos Ignacio, PBGB; Pamella Marie Sendon, PBGB; Darlene Sanchez, PBGB; Abdelbagi Ismail, CESD; David Mackill, PBGB; and Endang Septiningsih, PBGB
• Won second prize in the Best Poster competition (Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) identification and fine mapping of a major QTL for submergence tolerance during germination in rice derived from a tolerant variety, Ma-zhan (red)), Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, May.
IRRI
• Won US$550,000 in the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2010 for mobilizing rice knowledge to alleviate hunger. The Institute won in the Development Cooperation category for its contribution to “reducing poverty and hunger in the world by means of rice research and farmer training,” February.
• Given the Top OJT Organization Award by the Colegio de San Juan Letran, Calamba City, Philippines, in recognition of the high level of support given by IRRI to students in on-the-job training placements, March.
• Won the award for “Best Initiative by a Governmental or Statutory Body during the UK Climate Week for its Department for International Development-funded project Scuba Rice, March.
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• Recipient of the first Mobile Bayani Award for the development of the Nutrient Manager for rice application, which enables farmers and extension agents to obtain site-specific fertilizer advice using a simple mobile phone, August.
IRRI Communication and Publications staff
• Won two gold awards (first place) in the Publishing Category of the 2011 Critique and Awards (C&A) Program of the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). IRRI’s 2009 Annual Report won in the Electronic Publishing Class and The IRRI Pioneer Interview series, conducted by Gene Hettel, won in the Editing Class. Members of the 2009 Annual Report production team were Gene Hettel, managing editor; Lanie Reyes, editor; Alaric Francis Santiaguel, associate editor; Bill Hardy and Tess Rola, copy editors; Emmanuel Panisales, design and layout; Juan Lazaro IV, cover design; Chris Quintana and Isagani Serrano, photography; Joe Ibabao and Jessieca Narciso, videographers; Darell Sison, webmaster; Antonette Abigail Caballero and Cynthia Quintos, production assistants; and Lourdes Columbres, distribution. Contributing writers were Lanie Reyes, Alaric Santiaguel, Gene Hettel, Mutya Frio, Trina Leah Mendoza, Katherine Nelson, and Albert Borrero.
Kshirod K. Jena, senior scientist-plant breeding and IRRI representative to the Republic of Korea
• Received an award from the Rural Development Administration (RDA) for his outstanding contribution and service to the development of agricultural research
and cooperation between RDA and IRRI, December.
Joyce Kikafunda. BOT member
• Presented with a Council Award as an outstanding scientist by the African Crop Science Society, October.
Gurdev S. Khush, former principal scientist and former head, PBGB
• Received a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) degree from the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, January.
Jagdish K. Ladha, principal scientist, CESD
• Received the 2011 International Service in Agronomy Award from the American Society of Agronomy for his work in research, training, and extension especially in South Asia, October.
Jong-Hee Lee, visiting research fellow, PBGB
• Received the Best Paper Award in 2010 from RDA, February.
David Mackill, former principal scientist and plant breeder
• Given a plaque of appreciation for his contributions to rice research and development in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, and Nepal) and Africa. Also cited was his strong commitment to rice improvement for unfavorable rice ecosystems and his pioneering efforts as initiator and leader of the Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) project, January.
• Honored by farmers of West Champaran District, north Bihar, India, for his important role in the development of submergence-tolerant rice variety Swarna-Sub1, April.
Noel Magor, head, TC
• Recognized during the 7th International Integrated Rice Duck Farming Conference in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for playing a very important role as then project manager of the PETRRA (Poverty Elimination through Rice Research Assistance) Project, March.
Youngjun Mo, visiting research fellow, and Yoo Jin Lee, scholar, PBGB
• Won, for their respective paper, the Excellent Presentation Award given by the Korean Society of Breeding during the Science Symposium Plant Breeding Strategy to Prepare for Climate Change, July.
Sam Mohanty, head, SSD
• Received the prestigious Glory of India Award from the Delhi-based India International Friendship Society, July.
Rowena Oane, assistant scientist, PBGB
• Received the IRRI Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, April.
Sushil Pandey, senior scientist, SSD
• Recognized by the Nepal Agricultural Research Council for his contributions to rice research, April.
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William Padolina, deputy director general for operations and support services
• Named by the municipal government of Los Baños as one of the Outstanding Los Baños Citizens for exemplary achievement in his chosen field of endeavor, January.
Julius Rañada, Glenn Dimayuga, Angelito Lape, Marilou Barrios, Marimi San Pedro, Jan Michael Orlina, Ric Catangay, Rommel Hibek, Joey Panopio, Jacque Dionora, John Sheehy, and Paul Quick, CESD
• Won first place in the scientific poster competition (The challenges of engineering growth chambers to investigate 50 million years of CO2 change in rice [Oryza sativa]), 61st Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers National Convention, April.
Edilberto Redoña, INGER global coordinator
• Received the CSSP Achievement Award-2011 William D. Dar Award in Research Management for generating new resources for INGER’s revitalization and heat tolerance breeding at IRRI through innovative activities funded by donors and his past achievements as PhilRice deputy director for research, Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, May.
Frank W. Sheppard, Jr., former research systems analyst and project leader (Bangladesh)
• Received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Texas A&M University, November.
Nikolaos Tsakirpaloglou, Manish Raorane, Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko, Nguyen Cao Quan Binh, Mia Desiree Azanes, Akshaya Kumar Biswal, Joan Narciso, Rowena Oane, Achim Treumann, Martin Edwards, Liza Conrad, Angharad MR Gatehouse, Venkatesan Sundaresan, Inez Slamet-Loedin, and Ajay Kohli, PBGB
• Won the Best Paper Award (upstream research) for the paper entitled A developmentally upregulated rice germin-like protein: a bifunctional essential gene, Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, May.
Robert Zeigler, director general
• Awarded a degree of doctor of science (honoris causa) by the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India, May.
• Received the International Plant Protection Award of Distinction from the International Association for Plant Protection Sciences for his outstanding contributions to international plant protection, August.
• Awarded a plaque of recognition by the Los Baños municipal government for his untiring support of the local government unit’s solid waste management program, September.
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A comparison of rice-growing season in 2010 and 2011, Los Baños dry season.
Rainfall, (mm d-1)
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Fig. 2. Monthly total rainfall (2011) and long-term totals (1979-2010).
Fig. 1. Mean monthly solar radiation (2011) and long-term averages (1979-2010) with standard error of the means.
Fig. 3. Monthly maximum and minimum air temperature in 2011 and long-term averages (1979-2010). Standard errors are included.
Fig. 4. Monthly total evaporation in the wetland site in 2011.
IRRI AnnuAl RepoRt 2011 4 of 4
Monthly weather data for the IRRI dryland (14º 08' N, 121º 15' E) and wetland sites (14º 11' N, 121º 15' E) in 2011 and long-term averages for dryland and wetland sites from 1979 to 2010.
Site Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual total oraverage
• AustralianCentreforInternationalAgriculturalResearch(ACIAR).DeedofAgreementbetweenACIARandIRRIfortheprojectIntroduction of short-duration pulses into rice-based cropping systems in western Bangladesh(DPPC2009-125).1Jan2011
• AustralianCentreforInternationalAgriculturalResearch(ACIAR).GrantAgreementbetweenACIARandIRRIfortheprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (CLUES)(DRPC2010-02).1Mar2011
• AustralianCentreforInternationalAgriculturalResearch(ACIAR).AgreementbetweenACIARandIRRIfortheprojectTraining Workshop on Social Science Concepts and Tools for Technology Assessment and Research Evaluation and Impact Assessment (DRPC2011-86).9Jun2011
• AustralianCentreforInternationalAgriculturalResearch(ACIAR).VariationtotheDeedofAgreementbetweenACIARandIRRIfortheprojectDeveloping improved farming and marketing systems for rural livelihoods in rainfed southern Laos(DPPC2009-127).3Nov2011
IRRIfortheRice-based systems in Ayeyarwaddy Delta project in Burma(DRPC2011-06).2Dec2011
• CentreforBiologicalInformationTechnology(CBIT).ServicecontractbetweenCBITandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia(DRPC2010-74).14Feb2011
• CommonwealthScientificandIndustrialResearchOrganisation(CSIRO).LetterofAgreementbetweenCSIROandIRRIfortheprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (CLUES) (DRPC2010-02).25Jul2011
• CommonwealthScientificandIndustrialResearchOrganisation(CSIRO).AgreementbetweenCSIROandIRRIfortheprojectField phenomics platform at IRRI underGRiSP(DRPC2011-154).1Dec2011
• CharlesSturtUniversity(CSU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCSUandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia(DRPC2010-74).1May2011
• CharlesSturtUniversity(CSU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCSUandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia (DRPC2010-74).31Aug2011
• CharlesSturtUniversity(CSU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCSUandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
• NewSouthWalesIndustryandInvestment(I&INSW).LetterofAgreementbetweenI&INSWandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectImproved rice germplasm for Cambodia and Australia (DPPC2009-123).1Jan2011
• ResearcherDevelopmentInternational(RDI).ServiceAgreementbetweenRDIandIRRIfortheTwo-week writing workshop involving persons from IRRI and other CGIAR centers(DRPC2011-164).26Nov2011
• BangladeshAgriculturalResearchInstitute(BARI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBARIandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectIntroduction of short-duration pulses into rice-based cropping systems
• BangladeshAgriculturalResearchInstitute(BARI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBARIandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh (DRPC2010-66).1Apr2011
• BangladeshAgriculturalResearchInstitute(BARI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBARIandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating resource conservation technology (RCT) adoption to improve food security and rural livelihoods while reducing adverse environmental impacts in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (DPPC2009-120).1Apr2011
• BangladeshAgriculturalResearchInstitute(BARI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBARIandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectIntroduction of short-duration pulses into rice-based cropping systems in western Bangladesh(DPPC2009-125).8Nov2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectReducing risks from arsenic contamination for poor people(DPPC2008-07).1Jan2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G2: Productive, profitable, and resilient agriculture and aquaculture systems(DRPC2010-119).30Apr2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfor“fieldtesting”undertheSDC-fundedprojectThe Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC), Phase IV -Platform for poverty alleviation(DPPC2008-45).1May2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfor“extensionofSSNM”undertheSDC-fundedprojectThe Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC), Phase IV - Platform for poverty alleviation(DPPC2008-45).5May2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).13Jun2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).13Jun2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal
Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).27Jun2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectTracking varietal change for future assessment of the impact of crop genetic improvement research in South Asia(DPPC2009-104).21Jul2011
• BangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenBRRIandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh (DRPC2010-66).31Aug2011
• BangamanduSheikhMujiburRajamanAgriculturalUniversity(BSMRAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBSMRAUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectReducing risks from arsenic contamination for poor people(DPPC2008-07).1Jan2011
• BangladeshInstituteofNuclearAgriculture(BINA).LetterofAgreementbetweenBINAandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).1Jun2011
• BangladeshInstituteofNuclearAgriculture(BINA).LetterofAgreementbetweenBINAandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).1Jun2011
• BRAC.LetterofAgreementbetweenBRACandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G2: Productive, profitable, and resilient agriculture
• BRAC.LetterofAgreementbetweenBRACandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).23Jun2011
• BRAC.LetterofAgreementbetweenBRACandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).7Sep2011
• CARE-Bangladesh.LetterofAgreementbetweenCARE-BangladeshandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).23May2011
• CONP.LetterofAgreementbetweenCONPandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia (DRPC2010-21).17Jun2011
• DepartmentofAgriculturalExtension(DAE)-Bangladesh.LetterofAgreementbetweenDAE-BangladeshandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectSupport to agricultural research for climate change adaptation (SARCCAB) in Bangladesh(DPPC2008-120).1Jun2011
• DepartmentofAgriculturalExtension(DAE)-Bangladesh.LetterofAgreementbetweenDAE-BangladeshandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).1Aug2011
• DepartmentofAgriculturalExtension(DAE)-Bangladesh.LetterofAgreementbetweenDAE-BangladeshandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).16Oct2011
• LocalGovernmentEngineeringDepartment(LGED).LetterofAgreementbetweenLGEDandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G1: Resource profiles, extrapolation domains, and land-use patterns(DRCP2010-128).11Oct2011
• NeoStarInnovation(NSI).ServiceAgreementbetweenNSIandIRRIfortheEC-fundedprojectSustainable soil management for food security of poor, small and marginal farmers of the active flood plain and charlands of Bangladesh (SUSFER)(DPPC2009-100).1Apr2011
• PAC-Bangladesh.LetterofAgreementbetweenPAC-BangladeshandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).26May2011
• RangpurDinajpurRuralService(RDRS).LetterofAgreementbetweenRDRSandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).4Jul2011
• RangpurDinajpurRuralService(RDRS).LetterofAgreementbetweenRDRSandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).4Jul2011
• SAARCAgricultureCentre(SAC).MemorandumofUnderstandingbetweenSACandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).13Oct2011
• SHUSHILAN.LetterofLetterofAgreementbetweenSHUSHILANandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).26May2011
• SocioconsultLtd.forSustainableDevelopment(SocioConsult).LetterofAgreementbetweenSocioConsultandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).15Jan2011
• SocioconsultLtd.forSustainableDevelopment(SocioConsult).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenSocioconsultandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).16Mar2011
• SOLIDARITY.LetterofAgreementbetweenSOLIDARITYandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).26May2011
• TengamaraMohilaSabujSangha(TMMS).LetterofAgreementbetweenTMMSandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectExpansion of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh(DRPC2010-66).1Dec2011
Belgium
• Agro-Insight.ServiceAgreementbetweenAgro-InsightandIRRIrelativetotheTwo-week Farmer-to-Farmer Video Training Workshop (DRPC2011-69).17Jun2011
• DevgenN.V.LetterofAgreementbetweenDevgenN.V.andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).7Jul2011
Benin
• AfriceRiceCenter(AfricaRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenAfricaRiceandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase2)(DRCP2010-73).22Apr2011
• AfriceRiceCenter(AfricaRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenAfricaRiceandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectMeasuring and assessing the impacts of crop genetic improvement in Africa: the case of pearl millet, rice, and sorghum(DRPC2011-53).26Apr2011
• AfriceRiceCenter(AfricaRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenAfricaRiceandIRRIfortheOn-the-job training of Ms. Cecile Julia on RIDEV model development at IRRI(DRPC2011-122).1Sep2011
• AfriceRiceCenter(AfricaRice).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenAfricaRiceandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
Burundi
• SocieteRegionaledeDéveloppementdeL’Imbo(SRDI).LetterofAgreementbetweenSRDIandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G1: Resource profiles, extrapolation domains, and land-use patterns(DRPC2010-128).22Nov2011
• CambodianAgriculturalResearchandDevelopmentInstitute(CARDI).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCARDIandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectImproved rice germplasm for Cambodia and Australia(DPPC2009-123).2Aug2011
• DonBoscoAgro-VocationalSchool.LetterofAgreementbetweenDonBoscoAgro-VocationalSchoolandIRRIfortheSDC-fundedprojectThe Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC), Phase IV - Platform for poverty alleviation(DPPC2008-45).1Oct2011
• GeneralDirectorateofAgriculture(GDA).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenGDAandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectImproved rice germplasm for Cambodia and Australia(DPPC2009-123).1Aug2011
• RoyalUniversityofAgriculture(RUA).LetterofAgreementbetweenRUAandIRRIfortheSDC-fundedprojectThe Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC), Phase IV - Platform for poverty alleviation (DPPC2008-45).1Jun2011
Canada
• UniversityofToronto.LetterofAgreementbetweenUniversityofTorontoandIRRIfortheCIDA-fundedprojectThe photosynthetic significance of lobing in rice leaf cells: a research program to guide breeding and genetic engineering for improved rice yields (DRPC2011-05).28Mar2011
• ChinaAgriculturalUniversity(CAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCAUandIRRIrelativetotheInternational Workshop on Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project(AgMIP)underGRiSP(DRPC2011-95).7Jul2011
• ChinaNationalRiceResearchInstitute(CNRRI).ResearchAgreementbetweenCNRRIandIRRIfortheNSFC-fundedprojectDiversity of global aromatic rice germplasm, fragrant gene domestication and application to rice breeding(DRPC2011-46).16Mar2011
• InstituteofSoilScience,ChineseAcademyofSciences(ISSCAS).ResearchAgreementbetweenISSCASandIRRIfortheNSFC-fundedprojectExploiting the effects of CO2 and temperature increase to enhance rice production in China (DRPC2011-54).16Mar2011
• JiangxiAcademyofAgriculturalSciences(JAAS).LetterofAgrementbetweenJAASandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).1Jun2011
• TianjinRiceTechnologyandEngineeringCenter.LetterofAgreementbetweenTianjinRiceTechnologyandEngineeringCenterandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).20Dec2011
• WuhanUniversity.ResearchAgreementbetweenWuhanUniversityandIRRIfortheNSFC-fundedprojectEnviroment effects of water-saving irrigation and water-fertilizer integrated regulation for rice production under climate change(DRPC2011-51).16Mar2011
• ZhejiangAcademyofAgriculturalSciences(ZAAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenZAASandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).1Mar2011
• ZhejiangAcademyofAgriculturalSciences(ZAAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenZAASandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain (DPPC2009-74).15Aug2011
Colombia
• CentroInternacionaldeAgriculturaTropical(CIAT).AgreementbetweenCIATandIRRIfortheCGIARResearchProgram:Climate change, agriculture and food security (CCAFS)(DRPC2011-117).1Jan2011
• CentroInternacionaldeAgriculturaTropical(CIAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenCIATandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DRPC2008-49).26Jan2011
• CentreInternationaldeRechercheAgronomiquepourleDéveloppement(CIRAD).AgreementbetweenCIRADandIRRIfortheprojectAssessment tools for climate change impact on rice(DRPC2011-155).12Dec2011
• CentreInternationaldeRechercheAgronomiquepourleDéveloppement(CIRAD).LetterofAgreementbetweenCIRADandIRRIfortheprojectCollaborative experiments on root architecture and phenotyping(GRiSP)(DRPC2011-185).20Dec2011
• Albert-LudwigsUniversityofFreiburg(ALUF).LetterofAgreementbetweenALUFandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• Albert-LudwigsUniversityofFreiburg(ALUF).ExtensionofsubcontractbetweenALUFandIRRIforyear6oftheprojectEngineering rice for high beta-carotene, vitamin E and enhanced Fe and Zn bioavailability(DPPC2004-91).3Jan2011
• BayerCropScienceAG(BAYER).AmendmentNo.1totheCooperationAgreementbetweenBAYERandIRRIfortheprojectContinued field measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CH4, N2O) from direct-seeded rice in JavaundertheScientificKnow-howandExchangeProgram(SKEP)(DPPC2008-108).31May2011
• BASFTheChemicalCompany(BASF).LetterofAgreementbetweenBASFandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(DPPC2008-49).2Aug2011
• DeutscheGesselschaftfürTechnischeZusammenarbeitGmbH(GTZ).GrantAgreementbetweenGTZandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectMolecular breeding for tolerance to flooding during germination for improved direct-
seeded rice systems(DPPC2009-138).1Jan2011
• DeutscheGesselschaftfürTechnischeZusammenarbeitGmbH(GTZ).GrantAgreementbetweenGTZandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa(DRPC2010-04).1Jan2011
• DeutscheGesselschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeitGmbH(GIZ).GrantAgreementbetweenGIZandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFacilitating interdisciplinary on-farm research on carbon, nitrogen, and water budgets in rice-dominated landscapes(DRPC2010-90).1May2011
• FoodSecurityCenter(FSC).HostingAgreementbetweenFSCandIRRIrelativetothe6-monthscholarshipawardedtoMr.SharikAliundertheFSCscholarshipprogram“Sandwich scholarships for visiting PhD students from developing countries.”1Feb2011-31Jul2011
• GeniusGmbH.ServicecontractbetweenGeniusGmbHandIRRIfortheprojectStrategic assessment of international rice research priorities for Asia(DRPC2011-39).14Mar2011
• Helmholtz-ZentrumfürUmweltforschungGmbH(UFZ).AgreementbetweenUFZandIRRIfortheprojectLEGATO - Land-use intensity and
ecological engineering – assessment tools for risks and opportunities in irrigated rice-based production systems (DRPC2010-38).1Mar2011
• LeibnizInstituteofPlantGeneticsandCropPlantResearch(IPK).MemorandumofAgreementbetweenIPKandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa (DRPC2010-04).1Apr2011
Hong Kong
• BGI-HongkongCo.Limited.ResearchAgreementbetweenBGI-HongkongCo.LimitedandIRRIfortheprojectImplementation of research activities on collaborative experiments on genomics (underGRiSP)(DRPC2011-184).1Jun2011
• BGI-HongkongCo.Limited.ServiceAgreementbetweenBGI-HongkongCo.LimitedandIRRIfortheprojectResequencing Nipponbare and 93-11 (underGRiSP)(DRPC2011-119).9Aug2011
India
• Advanta.LetterofAgreementbetweenAdvantaandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPCP2008-49).20May2011
• AnnamalaiUniversity.LetterofAgreementbetweenAnnamalaiUniversityandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).19Jun2011
• AnnamalaiUniversity.LetterofAgreementbetweenAnnamalaiUniversityandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).19Jun2011
• AssamAgriculturalUniversity(AAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenAAUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating agricultural technology adoption to enhance rural livelihoods in disadvantaged districts of India(DPPC2006-79).1Mar2011
• AssamAgriculturalUniversity(AAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenAAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).20Jun2011
• BanarasHinduUniversity(BHU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBHUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).11Jul2011
• BanarasHinduUniversity(BHU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBHUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).11Jul2011
• BarwaleFoundation(BF).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenBFandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia(CSISA)-Year3(DRPC2010-36).11Apr2011
• BarwaleFoundation(BF).LetterofAgreementbetweenBFandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).1Jun2011
• BarwaleFoundation(BF).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenBFandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedproject Targeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
• BarwaleFoundation(BF).LetterofAgreementbetweenBFandIRRIfortheprojectCGIAR Research Program: Climate change, agriculture and food Security (CCAFS)(DRPC2011-117).6Dec2011
• Bayer(SouthEastAsia)Pte.Ltd.LetterofAgreementbetweenBayer(SoutheastAsia)Pte.Ltd.andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).26May2011
• BiharAgriculturalUniversity(BAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).31May2011
• BirsaAgriculturalUniversity(BAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).13Jun2011
• BiharAgriculturalUniversity(BAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenBAUandIRRIfortheprojectWeed management in dry seeded rice
sown after zero-till and conventional tillage(DRPC2011-68).10Sep2011
• BalasoreSocialServiceSociety(BSSS).LetterofAgreementbetweenBSSSandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).28Jun2011
• CentralAgriculturalUniversity(CAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCAUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating agricultural technology adoption to enhance rural livelihoods in disadvantaged districts of India(DPPC2006-79).1Jan2011
• CollegeofPostGraduateStudies,CentralAgriculturalUniversity(CPGS-CAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCPGS-CAUandIRRIfortheprojectAssessment of the consequences of extreme climate variability on men and women farmers in ensuring food security and sustaining livelihood: a case study on rice-based farming in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India(fundedbyGRiSP)(DRPC2011-104).1Apr2011
• CentralRiceResearchInstitute(CRRI).AcceptanceoftheAmendmentfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA)(DPPC2007-73).10Jan2011
• CentralRainfedandUplandRiceResearchStation(CRURRS).LetterofAgreementbetweenCRURRSandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (DPPC2008-34).27May2011
• CentralRainfedandUplandRiceResearchStation(CRURRS).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCRURRSandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
• CentralSoilSalinityResearchInstitute(CSSRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenCSSRIandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G2: Productive, profitable, and resilient agriculture and aquaculture systems (DRPC2010-119).30Apr2011
• CentreforStrategicStudies(CSS).LetterofAgreementbetweenCSSandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).15Jun2011
• CentreforStrategicStudies(CSS).LetterofAgreementbetweenCSSandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).15Jun2011
• Dr.BalashebSawantKonkanKrishiVidyapeeth(DBSKKV).LetterofAgreementbetweenDBSKKVandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).24Jun2011
• GBPantUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(GBPUAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenGBPUATandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and
South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).11Jun2011
• GrameenDevelopmentServices(GDS).LetterofAgreementbetweenGDSandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating agricultural technology adoption to enhance rural livelihoods in disadvantaged districts of India(DPPC2006-79).1May2011
• GrameenDevelopmentServices(GDS).LetterofAgreementbetweenGDSandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).14Jun2011
• GrameenDevelopmentServices(GDS).LetterofAgreementbetweenGDSandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).14Jun2011
• India-AID.LetterofAgreementbetweenIndia-AIDandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).20Jun2011
• India-AID.LetterofAgreementbetweenIndia-AIDandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).20Jun2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity
under water-limited environments (DPPC2008-34).3Jan2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA)Phase2(DRPC2010-73).19Mar2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia (DRPC2010-21).19Mar2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating resource conservation technology (RCT) adoption to improve food security and rural livelihoods while reducing adverse environmental impact in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (DPPC2009-120).1Apr2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRItoprovideadditionalfundtoICARinstitutesCentralSoilSalinityResearchInstitute(CSSRI),Karnal,andResearchComplexforEasternIndia(RCER),Patna,fortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).17Nov2011
projectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).30Nov2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).9Dec2011
• IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch(ICAR).SecondamendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenICARandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).12Dec2011
• IndianSocietyofAgribusinessProfessionals(ISAP).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenISAPandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Jul2011
• IndiraGandhiAgriculturalUniversity(IGAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenIGAUandIRRIfortheBMF-fundedprojectTracking varietal change for future assessment of the impact of crop genetic improvement research in South Asia(DPPC2009-104).20Sep2011
• IndiraGandhiKrishiVishwaVidyalaya(IGKVV).LetterofAgreementbetweenIGKVVandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).16Nov2011
• IndiraGandhiKrishiVishwaVidyalaya(IGKVV).LetterofAgreementbetweenIGKVVandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety:
pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa(DRPC2010-04).16Nov2011
• IndiraGandhiKrishiVishwaVidyalaya(IGKVV).LetterofAgreementbetweenIGKVVandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (DPPC2008-34).16Nov2011
• IndiraGandhiKrishiVishwaVidyalaya(IGKVV).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenIGKVVandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedproject Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).9Dec2011
• JKAgri.GeneticsLtd.LetterofAgreementbetwenJKAgri.GeneticsLtd.andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).20May2011
• JawaharlalNehruKrishiVishwaVidyalaya(JNKVV).LetterofAgreementbetweenJNKVVandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).15Jun2011
• KrishiVigyanKendra-Jamui(KVK-Jamui).LetterofAgreementbetweenKVK-JamuiandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Jun2011
fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Dec2011
• KrishiVigyanKendra-Nawada(KVK-Nawada).LetterofAgreementbetweenKVK-NawadaandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Jun2011
• KrishiVigyanKendra-Nawada(KVK-Nawada).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenKVK-NawadaandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Dec2011
• Mahyco.LetterofAgreementbetweenMahycoandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).20May2011
• Metahelix.LetterofAgreementbetweenMetahelixandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).2Sep2011
• NarendraDevaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(NDUAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenNDUATandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).17Jan2011
• NarendraDevaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(NDUAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenNDUATandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).17Jun2011
betweenNDUATandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedproject Improved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).17Jun2011
• NarendraDevaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(NDUAT).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenNDUATandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (DPPC2008-34).3Oct2011
• NandEducationalFoundationforRuralDevelopment(NEFORD).LetterofAgreementbetweenNEFORDandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).13Jun2011
• NandEducationalFoundationforRuralDevelopment(NEFORD).LetterofAgreementbetweenNEFORDandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedproject Improved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).13Jun2011
• NadiaZillaFarmers’DevelopmentOrganization(NZFDO).LetterofAgreementbetweenNZFDOandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).27May2011
BMGF-fundedprojectTracking varietal change for future assessment of the impact of crop genetic improvement research in South Asia(DPPC2009-104).8Nov2011
• OrissaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(OUAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenOUATandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).11Jul2011
• OrissaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(OUAT).LetterofAgreementbetweenOUATandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).11Jul2011
• OrissaUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology(OUAT).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenOUATandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).13Dec2011
• PanditJawarharlalNehruCollegeofAgriculture&ResearchInstitute(PAJANCOA).LetterofAgreementbetweenPAJANCOAandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).1Jun2011
• PunjabAgriculturalUniversity(PAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenPAUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating resource conservation technology (RCT) adoption to improve food security and rural livelihoods while reducing adverse environmental impacts in the
Indo-Gangetic Plains(DPPC2009-120).1Apr2011
• PunjabAgriculturalUniversity(PAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenPAUandIRRIfortheprojectWeed management in dry seeded rice sown after zero-till and conventional tillage(DRPC2011-68).1Jul2011
• PunjabAgriculturalUniversity(PAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenPAUandIRRIfortheprojectConduct of experiments on rice-wheat cropping systems(DPC2011-153).1Sep2011
• PunjabAgriculturalUniversity(PAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenPAUandIRRIfortheprojectCGIAR Research Program: Climate change, agriculture and food security(CCAFS)(DRPC2011-117).12Dec2011
• RajendraAgriculturalUniversity(RAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenRAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).6Jul2011
• RajendraAgriculturalUniversity(RAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenRAUandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).6Jul2011
• RiceResearchStation,Chinsurah(RRS-Chinsurah).LetterofAgreementbetwenRRS-ChinsurahandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).15Jun2011
• RiceResearchStation,Chinsurah(RRS-Chinsurah).LetterofAgreementbetwenRRS-ChinsurahandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia(DRPC2010-21).15Jun2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).18Apr2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA),Phase2(DRPC2010-73).26Jul2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA),Year3(DRPC2010-36).15Sep2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheresearchactivityFarmers’ participatory large-scale roll-out and adaptive trials on conservation agriculture in Tamil NaduundertheBMGF-fundedproject
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).8Dec2011
• TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity(TNAU).LetterofAgreementbetweenTNAUandIRRIfortheprojectCGIAR Research Program: Climate change, agriculture and food security(CCAFS)(DRPC2011-117).06Dec2011
• UniversityofAgriculturalSciences(UAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenUASandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(scholarshipofDr.H.E.Shashidhar)(DPCP2008-34).14Mar2011
• UniversityofAgriculturalSciences(UAS).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenUASandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (scholarshipofDr.S.Hittalmani)(DPCP2008-34).26Sep2011
• UniversityofAgriculturalSciences(UAS).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenUASandIRRIfortheGCP-fundedprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments (scholarshipofDr.H.E.Shashidhar)(DPCP2008-34)26Sep2011
• VibhaAgrotech.LetterofAgreementbetweenVibhaAgrotechandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).20May2011
ofAgricultureandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Jun2011
• WestBengalDepartmentofAgriculture-Burdwan.LetterofAgreementbetweenWestBengalDepartmentofAgriculture-BurdwanandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).1Dec2011
• WorldVision,Inc.(WVUS).ModificationNo.3toSubgrantAgreementNo.WVUS-001betweenWVUSandIRRIforworkperformedundertheprojectPartnership for innovation and knowledge in agriculture (PIKA) in India(DPPC2008-81).11May2011
Indonesia
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-Bali(AIAT-Bali).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-BaliandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-Banten(AIAT-Banten).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-BantenandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-CentralJava(AIAT-CentralJava).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-CentralJavaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-CentralJava(AIAT-CentralJava).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-CentralJavaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-EastJava(AIAT-EastJava).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-EastJavaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-EastJava(AIAT-EastJava).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-EastJavaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-NorthSumatera(AIAT-NorthSumatera).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-NorthSumateraandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-NorthSumatera(AIAT-NorthSumatera).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-NorthSumateraandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-Riau(AIAT-Riau).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-RiauandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system
of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-Riau(AIAT-Riau).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-RiauandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers (DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-SouthSulawesi(AIAT-SouthSulawesi).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-SouthSulawesiandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers (DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-SouthSumatera(AIAT-SouthSumatera).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-SouthSumateraandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-SouthSumatera(AIAT-SouthSumatera).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-SouthSumateraandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-SoutheastSulawesi(AIAT-SoutheastSulawesi).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-SoutheastSulawesiandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers (DRPC2011-19).1Oct2011
Digital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-WestJava(AIAT-WestJava).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-WestJavaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-WestKalimantan(AIAT-WestKalimantan).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-WestKalimantanandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-WestNusa(AIAT-WestNusa).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-WestNusaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).1Sep2011
• AssessmentInstituteforAgriculturalTechnology-WestNusa(AIAT-WestNusa).LetterofAgreementbetweenAIAT-WestNusaandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers (DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
• IndonesianAgriculturalandEnvironmentalResearchInstitute(IAERI).LetterofAgreementbetweenIAERIandIRRIfortheprojectScientific Know-how and Exchange Program (SKEP)(DPPC2008-108).1Aug2011
betweenIAERIandIRRIfortheprojectClimate change adaptation in rainfed rice areas (CCARA)-Japan-IRRICollaborativeProjectPhaseVI(DPPC2009-20).5Sep2011
• IndonesianCenterforRiceResearch(ICRR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICRRandIRRIfortheHarvestPlus-fundedprojectDevelopment of high-zinc rice for Bangladesh and eastern India (Phase2)(DPPC2009-60).1May2011
• IndonesianCenterforRiceResearch(ICRR).LetterofAgreementbetweenICRRandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproving livelihoods and overcoming poverty in the drought-prone lowlands of Southeast Asia(DPPC2009-119).1Jun2011
• IndonesianCenterforRiceResearch(ICRR).SupplementtotheLetterofAgreementbetweenIRRIandICRRfortheprojectGreen Super Rice for the resource-poor of Africa and Asia(DPPC2008-66).2Aug2011
• IndonesianCenterforRiceResearch(ICRR).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenICRRandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproving livelihoods and overcoming poverty in the drought-prone lowlands of Southeast Asia (DPPC2009-119).15Nov2011
• IndonesiaSoilResearchInstitute(ISRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenISRIandIRRIfortheprojectDigital system of precision agriculture for Indonesian rice farmers(DRPC2011-19).15Dec2011
Iran
• AgriculturalResearch,Education,andExtensionOrganization(AREEO).AgreementbetweenAREEOandIRRIfortheIran-IRRIcollaborativeprojectPhenotyping and genotyping of Iranian rice germplasm(DRPC2011-22).1Jan2011
• AgriculturalResearch,Education,andExtensionOrganization(AREEO).AgreementbetweenAREEOandIRRIfortheIran-IRRIcollaborativeprojectProducing salt-tolerant rice genotypes using molecular breeding approaches to enhance rice productivity in salt-affected paddy fields of Iran (DRPC2011-24).1Jan2011
• AgriculturalResearch,Education,andExtensionOrganization(AREEO).AgreementbetweenAREEOandIRRIfortheIran-IRRIcollaborativeprojectDevelopment of high-yielding rice varieties with ‘Sadri’ quality(DRPC2011-26).1Jan2011
• AgriculturalResearch,Education,andExtensionOrganization(AREEO).AgreementbetweenAREEOandIRRIfortheIran-IRRIcollaborativeprojectIdentification and application of resistance sources to improve rice resistance to sheath blight disease(DRPC2011-27).1Jan2011
• AgriculturalResearch,Education,andExtensionOrganization(AREEO).AgreementbetweenAREEOandIRRIfortheIran-IRRIcollaborativeprojectSite-specific management in irrigated rice system in north of Iran(DRPC2011-28).1Jan2011
betweenSANRUandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).20May2011
Italy
• FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations(FAO).LetterofAgreementbetweenFAOandIRRIfortheFAO-fundedprojectTechnical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions(DRPC2011-03).15Mar2011
• FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations(FAO).AgreementbetweenFAOandIRRIfortheprojectAssessing the poverty and food security impacts of IRRI contributions to modern varietal replacement in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines during 1990-2010(DRPC2011-31).28Nov2011
• FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations(FAO).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenFAOandIRRIfortheFAO-fundedprojectTechnical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions(DRPC2011-03).12Dec2011
• GlobalCropDiversityTrust(GCDT).GrantAgreementbetweenGCDTandIRRIfortheprojectEnhancing utilization of crop wild relatives: capturing genetic value from ancestral populations of wild rice (DRPC2011-106).1Dec2011
• JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).AmendmenttoContractbetweenJICAandIRRIfortheJICA-fundedprojectImpact evaluation and related study on Bohol irrigation projects in the Philippines(DPPC2010-03).14Apr2011
• JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).MemorandumofUnderstandingbetweenJICAandIRRIfortheprojectThe second-round survey of case study and the extensive survey in Mozambique for “An Empirical Analysis on Expanding Rice Production in Sub Sahara Africa”(DRPC2011-105).30Sep2011
• JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).ServiceAgreementbetweenJICAandIRRIfortheprojectThe second -round survey of case study and the extensive survey in Mozambique for “An Empirical Analysis on Expanding Rice Production in Sub Sahara Africa”(DRPC2011-105).30Sep2011
• JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).MemorandumofAgreementbetweenJICAandIRRIfortheprojectUpland Rice Variety Selection Techniques (for African Countries) Training Program (DRPC2011-125).25Oct2011
• JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).SecondAmendmenttotheContractbetweenJICAandIRRIfortheprojectImpact evaluation and related study on Bohol irrigation projects in the Philippines(DRPC2010-03).16Dec2011
• JapanInternationalResearchCenterforAgriculturalSciences(JIRCAS).ResearchAgreementbetweenJIRCASandIRRIfortheprojectTransformation of lowland rice and
evaluation of tranformed rice for environment(DRPC2011-32).15Apr2011
• MinistryofAgriculture,Forestry,andFisheries(MAFF).LetterofAgreementbetweenMAFFandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).25Jan2011
• NagoyaUniversity.AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenNagoyaUniversityandIRRIfortheprojectTargeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments(DPPC2008-34).26Sep2011
• NationalGraduateInstituteforPolicyStudies(GRIPS).ResearchAgreementbetweenGRIPSandIRRIfortheprojectThe second-round survey of case study and the extensive survey in Mozambique for “An Empirical Analysis on Expanding Rice Production in Sub Sahara Africa”(DRPC2011-105).01Oct2011
• UNUniversity(UNU).InstitutionalContractbetweenUNUandIRRIfortheprojectOn the job research capacity building for sustainable agriculture in developing countries in 2011(DRPC2011-151).23Nov2011
• UNUniversity(UNU).InstitutionalContractbetweenUNUandIRRIfortheprojectOn the job training for basic agronomy through a pot scale evaluation of nutrient and water use efficiency of high-yielding near-isogenic lines(DRPC2011-139).23Nov2011
• UniversityofTokyo.LetterofAgreementbetweenUniversityofTokyoandIRRIfortheprojectPanel data construction and analysis,
Tubuan Village in the Philippines(DRPC2011-107).4Aug2011
Kenya
• InternationalLivestockResearchInstitute(ILRI).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenILRIandKenyafortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating agricultural technology adoption to enhance rural livelihoods in disadvantaged districts of India(DPPC2006-79).30Mar2011
• SuweonNationalUniversity(SNU).CooperativeResearchAgreementbetweenSNUandIRRIfortheprojectDevelopment of new rice varieties through identification of useful genes and molecular breeding (DRPC2011-112).1May2011
Lao PDR
• NationalAgricultureandForestryResearchInstitute(NAFRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenNAFRIandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-
responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa (DRPC2010-04).1Apr2011
• NationalAgricultureandForestryResearchInstitute(NAFRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenNAFRIandIRRIfortheprojectClimate change adaptation in rainfed rice areas (CCARA)(Japan-IRRICollaborativeProjectPhaseVI)(DPPC2009-20).16May2011
• NationalAgricultureandForestryResearchInstitute(NAFRI).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenNAFRIandIRRIfortheprojectClimate change adaptation in rainfed rice areas (CCARA)(Japan-IRRICollaborativeProjectPhaseVI)(DPPC2009-20).10Nov2011
Malaysia
• CABISoutheastAsia(CABI).LetterofAgreementbetweenCABIandIRRIfortheFAO-fundedprojectTechnical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions (DRPC2011-03).10Jun2011
• CABISoutheastAsia(CABI).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCABIandIRRIfortheFAO-fundedprojectTechnical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions(DRPC2011-03).31Aug2011
• WorldFishCenter(WF).LetterofAgreementbetwenWFandIRRIfortheCPWF-fundedprojectProject G2: Productive, profitable, and resilient agriculture and aquaculture systems(DRPC2010-119).30Apr2011
Mexico
• CentroInternacionaldeMejoramientodeMaizyTrigo(CIMMYT).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetwenCIMMYTandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectSustainable intensification of rice-maize production systems in Bangladesh(DPPC2008-04).31Mar2011
• CentroInternacionaldeMejoramientodeMaizyTrigo(CIMMYT).LetterofAgreementbetweenCIMMYTandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectAccelerating resource conservation technology (RCT) adoption to improve food security and rural livelihoods while reducing adverse environmental impacts in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (DPPC2009-120).1Apr2011
• CentroInternacionaldeMejoramientodeMaizyTrigo(CIMMYT).AgreementbetweenCIMMYT(actingasthehostagentoftheGenerationChallengeProgram[GCP])andIRRIfortheprojectDissemination and community of practice for newly developed drought-tolerant QTLs pyramided breeding lines(DRPC2011-82).1Jul2011
• MyanmaAgricultureService(MAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenMASandIRRIfortheFAO-fundedprojectTechnical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions(DRPC2011-03).14Jun2011
• MyanmarRiceIndustryAssociation(MRIA).LetterofAgreementbetweenMRIAandIRRIfortheprojectunderGriSP:Restoring biodiversity in rice ecosystems through ecological engineering techniques using hybrid rice(DRPC2011-136).15Oct2011
• AgriculturalEngineeringResearchPvt.Limited(AGER).LetterofAgreementbetweenAGERandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia (DRPC2010-21).16Jun2011
• ForumforRuralWelfareandAgriculturalReformforDevelopment(FORWARD).MemorandumofAgreementbetweenFORWARDandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase 2)(DRPC2010-73).10Jun2011
• InstituteofAgricultureandAnimalScience(IAAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenIAASandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase 2)(DRPC2010-73).16Jun2011
• InstituteofAgricultureandAnimalScience(IAAS).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenIAASandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectTracking varietal change for future assessment of the impact of crop genetic improvement research in South Asia(DPPC2009-104).29Jul2011
• InstituteofAgricultureandAnimalScience(IAAS).SupplementalLetterofAgreementbetweenIAASandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectEnabling poor rice farmers to improve livelihoods and overcome poverty in South and Southeast Asia through the Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments(CURE)(DPPC2008-111).5Dec2011
• NepalAgriculturalResearchCouncil(NARC).LetterofAgreementbetweenNARCandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase 2) (DRPC2010-73).15Jun2011
• NepalAgriculturalResearchCouncil(NARC).LetterofAgreementbetweenNARCandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproved rice crop management for raising productivity in submergence-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowlands in South Asia (DRPC2010-21).15Jun2011
• NepalAgriculturalResearchCouncil(NARC).LetterofAgreementbetweenNARCandIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).2Aug2011
• NepalAgriculturalResearchCouncil(NARC).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenNARCandIRRIforBMGF-fundedprojectTracking varietal change for future assessment of the impact of crop genetic improvement research in South Asia(DPPC2009-104).2Aug2011
• NepalAgriculturalResearchCouncil(NARC).LetterofAgreementbetweenNARCandIRRIfortheprojectWeed management in dry seeded rice sown after zero-till and conventional tillage(DRPC2011-68).1Nov2011
• NationalSeedCompanyLtd.(NSCL).LetterofAgreementbetweenNSCLandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase 2)(DRPC2010-73).27Jun2011
• RegionalAgriculturalResearchStation,Tarahara(RARS,Tarahara).LetterofAgreementbetweenRARS,TaraharaandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drough-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa(DRPC2010-04).1Apr2011
• AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB).AmendmenttotheAgreement(ContractVariationNo.1)betweenADBandIRRIfortheprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).28Mar2011
• AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB).AmendmenttotheAgreementbetweenADBandIRRIfortheprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia(DRPC2010-74).31Mar2011
• AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB).AmendmenttotheAgreement(ContractVariationNo.2)betweenADBandIRRIfortheprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).8Aug2011
• BiotechnologyCoalitionofthePhilippines(BCP).LetterofAgreementbetweenBCPandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• BulacanNationalAgriculturalStateCollege(BASC).LetterofAgreementbetweenBASCandIRRIfortheSDC-fundedprojectThe Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC), Phase IV - Platform for poverty alleviation(DPPC2008-45).01Aug2011
• CatholicReliefServices(CRS).LetterofAgreementbetweenCRSandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia(DRPC2010-74).30Sep2011
• DepartmentofAgriculture,RegionalFieldUnitVII(DA-RFUVII).LetterofAgreementbetweenIRRIandDA-RFUVIIfortheprojectDeveloping the next generation of new rice varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia(DPPC2008-112).28Nov2011
• EON,TheStakeholderRelationFirm.LetterofAgreementbetweenEONandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• FatherSaturninoUriosUniversity(FSUU).LetterofAgreementbetweenFSUUandIRRIfortheDA-fundedprojectUnified capability building support (Sub-Comp.3)(DPPC2008-127).18Jul2011
• InfantaIntegratedCommunityDevelopmentAssistance,Inc.(ICDAI).LetterofAgreementbetweenICDAIandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• IlogRiceMill.LetterofAgreementbetweenIlogRiceMillandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).15Jun2011
• LocalGovernmentUnitofBanay-Banay,DavaoOriental(LGU-Banay-Banay).LetterofAgreementbetweenLGU-Banay-BanayandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedproject Enhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems(Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• LocalGovernmentUnitofKabacan,NorthCotabato(LGU-Kabacan).LetterofAgreementbetweenLGU-KabacanandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• LocalGovernmentUnitofVictoria,Laguna(LGU-Victoria).LetterofAgreementbetweenLGU-VictoriaandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• PampangaAgriculturalCollege(PAC).LetterofAgreementbetweenPACandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIforthecollaborativeproject“Development of superior temperate rice cultivars with high yield potential and grain quality” underWorkGroup1, Temperate Rice Research Consortium(TRRC)(DPPC2007-13).1Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheHarvestPlus-fundedprojectDevelopment of
high-zinc rice for Bangladesh and Eastern India(Phase2)(DPPC2009-60).1Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute,Batac(PhilRice-Batac).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRice-BatacfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectDeveloping the next generation of new rice varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia(DPPC2008-112).19Jan2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).30Mar2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa(DRPC2010-04).1Apr2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectEvaluation and dissemination of early-duration upland and aerobic rice lines(DRPC2011-74).15May2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheIFAD-fundedprojectImproving livelihoods and overcoming poverty in the drought-prone lowlands of Southeast Asia(DPPC2009-119).1Jun2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectField performance evaluation and selection of GUVA elite lines in the tropics(DPPC2006-39).1Jul2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).MemorandumofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheDA-fundedprojectAccelerating the development of high-yielding rice varieties for the major ecosystems of the Philippines(Sub-Comp2)(DPPC2008-129).12Jul2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).MemorandumofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheDA-fundedprojectUnified capability building support(Sub-Comp3)(DPP2008-127).12Jul2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheRDA-fundedprojectReducing crop losses due to weedy rice in lowland rice in South and Southeast Asia (DRPC2010-62).30Sep2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectField performance evaluation and selection of GUVA elite lines in the tropics(DPPC2006-39).25Oct2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectAssessing the poverty and food security impacts of IRRI contributions to modern varietal replacement in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines during 1990-2010(DRPC2011-31).31Oct2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectGRiSP Global Rice Phenotyping Network(DRPC2011-174).5Dec2011
• PhilippineRiceResearchInstitute(PhilRice).LetterofAgreementbetweenPhilRiceandIRRIfortheprojectGreenhouse gas emissions under ‘alternate-wetting-and-drying’ in rice fields in Central Luzon(DRPC2011-183).15Dec2011
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• SanBenitoMultipurposeCooperative(SBMC).LetterofAgreementbetweenSBMCandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain (DPPC2009-74).26Sep2011
• UniversityofSoutheasternPhilippines(USEP).LetterofAgreementbetweenUSEPandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Jan2011
• VisayasStateUniversity(VSU).LetterofAgreementbetweenVSUandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain (DPPC2009-74).1Mar2011
• VisayasStateUniversity(VSU).LetterofAgreementbetweenVSUandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain(DPPC2009-74).1Sep2011
• VisayasStateUniversity(VSU).LetterofAgreementbetweenVSUandIRRIfortheUFZ-fundedprojectLEGATO - Land-use intensity and ecological engineerin - assessment tools for risks and opportunities in irrigated rice-based production systems(DRPC2010-38).15Oct2011
• WesternVisayasStateUniversity,Dingle(WVSU,Dingle).LetterofAgreementbetweenWVSUDingleandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-
making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems (Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Mar2011
• WesternVisayasStateUniversity,Oton(WVSU,Oton).LetterofAgreementbetweenWVSU,OtonandIRRIfortheBAR-DA-fundedprojectEnhancing knowledge exchange and decision-making among rice stakeholders through the development and promotion of location-specific rice knowledge products and delivery systems(Phase2)(DPPC2009-105).1Mar2011
Russia
• AllRussianRiceResearchInstitute(ARRRI).AdditionalAgreementtotheMemorandumofAgreementbetweenARRRIandIRRIforscientificandtechnicalcollaborationonriceresearchandtrainingthroughtheTemperate Rice (Japonica) Research Consortium (TRRC) forWorkingGroup1’sscientificprojectDevelopment of superior temperate rice cultivars with high yield potential and grain quality(DPPC2007-13).1Jan2011
• AllRussianRiceResearchInstitute(ARRRI).AdditionalAgreementtotheMemorandumofAgreementbetweenARRRIandIRRIforscientificandtechnicalcollaborationonriceresearchandtrainingthroughtheTemperate Rice (Japonica) Research Consortium (TRRC) forWorkingGroup3’sscientificprojectDevelopment of cold-tolerant temperate rice cultivars with stable yield potential (DPPC2007-13).1Jan2011
AgreementbetweenARRRIandIRRIforscientificandtechnicalcollaborationonriceresearchandtrainingthroughtheTemperate Rice (Japonica) Research Consortium (TRRC) forWorkingGroup4’sscientificprojectImproving fertilizer N use efficiency of temperate Rice(TRRC-NUE)(DPPC2007-13).1Jan2011
• RwandaAgricultureBoard(RAB).LetterofAgreementbetweenRABandIRRIfortheprojectDeveloping the next generation of new rice varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia(DPPC2008-112).4Nov2011
• AsiaPacificPte.Ltd.LetterofAgreementbetweenAsiaPacificLte.Ltd.andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).18May2011
• Bayer(SouthEastAsia).LetterofAgreementbetweenBayer(SouthEastAsia)andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).30Sep2011
• SeedStories.LetterofAgreementbetweenSeedStoriesandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Jan2011
• ChallengeProgramonWaterandFood(CPWF).AgreementbetweenIRRIandCPWFfortheprojectProject G2: Productive, profitable, and
resilient agriculture and aquaculture systems(DRPC2010-119).30Apr2011
• InternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI).AgreementbetweenIWMIandIRRIfortheprojectDatabase generation for INGER international rice trials conducted in South Asia, 2005-2009(fundedbytheUniversityofCopenhagen)(DRPC2010-138).1Apr2011
• RiceResearchandDevelopmentInstitute(RRDI).LetterofAgreementbetweenRRDIandIRRIfortheRDA-fundedprojectReducing crop losses due to weedy rice in lowland rice in South and Southeast Asia (DRPC2010-62).30Apr2011
• RiceResearchandDevelopmentInstitute(RRDI).LetterofAgreementbetweenRRDIandIRRIfortheproject Weed management in dry seeded rice sown after zero-till and conventional tillage(DRPC2011-68).31Aug2011
• PlantBiotechnologyLab,ETHZurich(PBL).LetterofAgreementbetweenPBLandIRRIfortheprojectAncient genes for future rice(Mr.JonghwaParkETHScholarship2010)(fundedbytheSDC)(DRPC2010-111).1Feb2011
• SarmapS.A.(sarmap).AgreementbetweensarmapandIRRIfortheSDC-fundedprojectRemote sensing-based information and
insurance for crops in emerging economies (RIICE) (DRPC2011-16).14Sep2011
Tanzania
• BRAC-Tanzania.LetterofAgreementbetweenBRAC-TanzaniaandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).1Sep2011
• DakawaAgro-ScientificResearchCentre(DASRC).LetterofAgreementbetweenDASRCandIRRIfortheBMZ-fundedprojectFrom QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa(DRPC2010-04).1Apr2011
• KasetsartUniversity(KU).LetterofAgreementbetweenKUandIRRIfortheSupport to the 12th Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) Congress on January 13-16, 2012(DRPC2011-152).25Oct2011
• Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation(BMGF).GrantAgreementbetweenBMGFandIRRIfortheprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia(STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).19Mar2011
• Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation(BMGF).AmendmentNo.2totheGrantAgreementbetweenBMGFandIRRIrelativetotheno-costextensionoftheprojectRice in the 21st century global economy: strategic research and policy issues for food security(DPPC2009-25).24Mar2011
betweenBMGFandIRRIfortheprojectStress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA)(Phase2)(DRPC2010-73).17Jun2011
• Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation(BMGF).AmendmentNo.2forGrantNo.OPP52303fortheprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) (DPPC2008-100).1Nov2011
• ColoradoStateUniversity(CSU).AmendmenttoResearchSubawardAgreementbetweenCSUandIRRIfortheUSA-fundedprojectIdentification of genes that control biomass production using rice as a model system(DPPC2008-03).11Aug2011
• CornellUniversity(CU).AmendmentNo.3toSubcontractAgreementNo.55399-8707betweenCornellUniversityandIRRIfortheprojectDurable rust resistance in wheat(DPPC2007-71).18Mar2011
• CornellUniversity(CU).AmendmentNo.1toTaskOrders1,2,and3(Objective9)toSubcontractAgreementNo.55399-8707betweenCornellUniversityandIRRIfortheprojectDurable rust resistance in wheat(DPPC2007-71).18Mar2011
• CornellUniversity(CU).TaskOrderNo.4(Objective9)toSubcontractAgreementNo.55399-8707betweenCornellUniversityandIRRIfortheprojectDurable rust resistance in wheat(DPPC2007-71).18Mar2011
• CornellUniversity(CU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCUandIRRIfortheprojectDesign and implementation of a “collaborators’ database” as part of the Rice Diversity Research Platform:
protocols to facilitate sample tracking and data management (seed, tissue, DNA, genotypes, and phenotypes)(DRPC2011-40).3Jun2011
• CornellUniversity(CU).AmendmenttotheLetterofAgreementbetweenCUandIRRIfortheprojectDeveloping the next generation of new rice varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia(DPPC2008-112).15Sep2011
• DigitalGreenFoundation.ServiceAgreementbetweenDigitalGreenFoundationandIRRIrelativetotheRice Research to Production Course(DRPC2011-73).24May2011
• DigitalGreenFoundation.LetterofAgreementbetweenDigitalGreenFoundationandIRRIfortheUSAID-fundedprojectAccelerating adoption of resource-conserving technologies in South AsiaundertheumbrellaoftheCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia(DPPC2008-89).29Sep2011
• DigitalGreenFoundation.LetterofAgreementbetweenDigitalGreenFoundationandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia(CSISA)(DPPC2008-100).29Sep2011
• HarvestPlus(HarvestPlus).AmendmentNo.1totheAgreementbetweenHarvestPlusandIRRIfortheprojectDeveloping high-iron transgenic rice to alleviate iron deficiency in Bangladesh and eastern India (PhaseII)(DPPC2009-145).13Feb2011
• HarvestPlus(HarvestPlus).AmendmentNo.1totheAgreementbetweenHarvestPlusandIRRIfortheprojectDevelopment of high-zinc rice for Bangladesh and eastern India(Phase2)(DPPC2009-60).23Mar2011
• HarvestPlus(HarvestPlus).AmendmentNo.1totheAgreementbetweenHarvestPlusandIRRIfortheprojectAdvancing the development of Golden Rice varieties for the Philippines and Indonesia(DRPC2010-115).31Mar2011
• InternationalFoodResearchInstitute(IFRI).ResearchAgreementbetweenIFRIandIRRIfortheGender, Agriculture, and Assets Project(GAAP)(DRPC2010-134).1May2011
• InternationalFoodResearchInstitute(IFRI).ResearchAgreementbetweenIFRIandIRRIfortheprojectAssessing the poverty and food security impacts of IRRI contributions to modern varietal replacement in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines during 1990-2010(DRPC2011-31).15Jul2011
• InternationalFoodResearchInstitute(IFRI).ResearchAgreementbetweenIFRIandIRRIfortheprojectResearch to sharpen the climate change focus in relation to the research being conducted under the Global Gates Futures Project(DRPC2011-162).1Oct2011
• NewYorkUniversity(NYU).LetterofAgreementbetweenNYUandIRRIfortheNSF-fundedprojectEnvironmental gene regulatory interaction networks in rice(DRPC2010-136).9Jun2011
• OhioStateUniversity(OSU).LetterofAgreementbetweenOSUandIRRIfortheUSAIDlinkageprojectMining new disease resistance genes using 1M SNP chip and 2K diversity panel(DRPC2011-41).13Jun2011
AgreementbetweenOSURFandIRRIextendingtheagreementatnoadditionalcostforthecollaborativeprojectBreeding for blast resistanceundertheTemperate Rice Research Consortium(TRRC)WorkGroup2(DPPC2007-13).10Jun2011
• RiceTecInc.LetterofAgreementbetweenRiceTecInc.andIRRIformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).7Jul2011
• UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture(USDA).Non-fundedCooperativeAgreementbetweenUSDAandIRRIfortheprojectIRRI rice germplasm storage and conservation(DRPC2011-14).1Jan2011
• UniversityofMissouri-Columbia.LetterofAgreementbetweenIRRIandUniversityofMissouri-ColumbiaformembershipintheHybrid Rice Development Consortium(HRDC)(DPPC2008-49).7Jun2011
• v-Fluence.LetterofAgreementbetweenv-FluenceandIRRIfortheBMGF-fundedprojectThe deployment and validation of high-beta-carotene rice varieties in Bangladesh and the Philippines to combat Vitamin A deficiency(DPPC2009-124).1Apr2011
Vietnam
• AnGiangUniversity(AGU).LetterofAgreementbetweenAGUandIRRIfortheprojectCollaboration network for the management of migratory rice planthoppers and associated virus diseases of rice in Asia(DRPC2011-66).1Jun2011
• AsianInstituteofTechnologyCenterinVietnam(AITCV).TrainingServiceAgreementbetweenAITCVandIRRIreInternational trade environment for rice(DRPC2011-116).2Nov2011
• AsianInstituteofTechnologyCenterinVietnam(AITCV).AmendmenttotheTrainingServiceAgreementbetweenAITCVandIRRIreInternational trade environment for rice(DRPC2011-116).3Nov2011
• CuuLongDeltaRiceResearchInstitute(CLRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenCLRRIandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems(CLUES)(DRPC2010-02).1Mar2011
• CuuLongDeltaRiceResearchInstitute(CLRRI).LetterofAgreementbetweenCLRRIandIRRIfortheprojectReducing crop losses due to weedy rice in lowland rice in South and Southeast Asia(DRPC2010-62).31Mar2011
• CanThoUniversity(CTU).LetterofAgreementbetweenCTUandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (CLUES)(DRPC2010-02).1Mar2011
• NongLamUniversity(NLU).LetterofAgreementbetweenNLUandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectStrategic research for sustainable food and nutrition security in Asia(DRPC2010-74).15Mar2011
andIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems(CLUES)(DRPC2010-02).1Mar2011
• SouthernPlantProtectionCenter(SPPC).LetterofAgreementbetweenSPPCandIRRIfortheADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain (DPPC2009-74).1Mar2011
• SouthernPlantProtectionCenter(SPPC).LetterofAgreementbetweenSPPCandIRRIfortheUFZ-fundedprojectLEGATO - Land-use intensity and ecological engineering - assessment tools for risks and opportunities in irrigated rice-based production systems(DRPC2010-38).20Oct2011
theADB-fundedprojectAddressing the pre- and postharvest challenges of the rice supply chain (DPPC2009-74).15Jun2011
• VietnamInstituteofAgriculturalSciences(Vietnam-IAS).LetterofAgreementbetweenVietnam-IASandIRRIfortheACIAR-fundedprojectClimate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (CLUES)(DRPC2010-02).1Mar2011
The Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) conducted its first surveillance visit and special assessment of IRRI’s Analytical Services Laboratory (ASL) last 6-7 October 2011, almost a year after ASL was awarded its ISO 17025 accreditation as a chemical testing laboratory (see figure). ASL was commended by PAO for the effective implementation of its laboratory management system and maintenance of its techni-cal competence.
In addition to the five test methods under its scope of accreditation, PAO recommended nine soil testing methods to be included in its scope of ac-creditation. ASL succeeded in expanding its scope of accreditation with several important chemical tests. With the ISO 17025 accreditation comes signifi-cant improvement in ASL operations. Routine analy-sis was enhanced. Kjeldahl N digestion was improved with the use of a temperature-controlled hot block digestor; Cd methods for trace levels in plant, grain, soil, and fertilizer samples were developed; and more method validations for other tests not yet included in the scope of accreditation were given priority. Increased efficiency of ASL’s in-house-developed LIMS was achieved with the implementation of its new post―data processing and chain of custody modules and bar coding. Very high satisfaction ratings (excellent = 38%, very good = 50%, and good = 12.5%) were given to ASL by its customers as captured in the Web-based customer survey reports.
Analytical services
ASL performed a total of 87,712 analyses for 23,855 samples received from customers requesting routine analytical services. Plant and grain samples constitut-ed the majority of the samples analyzed (87%); soil samples comprised 10% and solution samples 3% .
The bulk of the samples came from CESD (77%) and PBGB (22%) with multielement analysis by ICP-OES the most requested. A small proportion of samples was received from GQNC and external customers for Kjeldahl N, elemental C/N, and stable isotope ratio analysis of 13C and 15N. ASL also provided technical assistance on such topics as determination of detection limits in gas chromatography, activated carbon, chemical analysis of transgenic rice, chemical waste disposal, and ISO 17025 accreditation procedure.
Non-ASL equipment service assistance
ASL performed in-house repair and troubleshooting of all its analytical equipment and has extended its service support to other equipment in CESD—e.g., restoring the performance of the weather stations and improving the logging process by replacing a defective humidity sensor and installing an additional soil thermometer; and assisting a research group in handling the atomic absorption spectrometer.
Radioisotope laboratory
ASL, through its radiation safety officer, conducted a Radiation Safety Course for IRRI 32P users on 14-17 Feb 2011. Seven participants from PBGB and the C4 Center learned the safe handling of 32P through lectures and hands-on exercises. Projects assisted through the use of radioisotope laboratory facilities and liaison services of the Philip-pine Nuclear Research Institute were as follows:• Rice transformation using disease and pest
resistance genes• Greenhouse gas emission measurement
Research support services
PAO certificate of ISO 17025 accreditation to IRRI ASL.
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Staff training
The ASL staff participated in a series of in-house training activities conducted by ASL consultant Car-lito R. Barril on the following topics:• Method validation• pH measurement• Statistical techniques for data analysis and
quality control• Linear correlation and regression analysis• Estimation of measurement uncertainty They also participated in the RMQA safety train-ing on fume hood use and chemical safety and the Philippine Alliance of Laboratory Equipment Users’ seminar on 24-25 Nov 2011. Selected ASL staff attended these other train-ing courses and events: internal audit training as per ISO 17025 standards, IT PHP training, research data management, ICP symposium, RSO training on handling x-ray facilities, and writing research articles for international publication. L. Molina also completed her MS in environmen-tal science, major in environmental chemistry and toxicology, in October from the School of Environ-mental Science and Management at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
New OU for ASL
The ASL was administratively transferred to the Grain Quality and Nutrition Center effective February.
BREEdINg INfORmATICS
Biometrics and quantitative genetics
TrainingFour in-house and two in-country training courses were conducted. Our staff served as resource per-sons in the training courses organized by the Train-ing Center.
ConsultingWe provided advice and assistance to IRRI scientists, visiting scientists, trainees, and national program scientists in designing experiments, analyzing data, conducting linkage mapping and association analy-sis, and choosing crossing schemes.
Development of analytical toolsThe following tools for data management, basic and advanced statistical analysis of experimental data, plant breeding trials, and genetic analysis are being developed. All the tools have a user-friendly graphi-cal interface. R-CropStat is a computer program designed for data management and basic statistical analysis of ex-perimental data. It makes use of the R language and environment and is intended to run in any operating system. It provides modules for generating randomi-zation of experimental designs commonly used in crop research, data management, and basic statisti-cal analysis, including descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, single- and multienvironment analysis, t-test, and some nonparametric analyses. PBTools is being developed primarily for plant breeders. It is created using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) and makes use of functions pro-grammed with the R language. In addition to having a menu-driven interface, it has a wizard, making it easier, especially for new users, to execute all steps from importing data to performing statistical analy-sis. It currently provides modules for performing single- and multienvironment analysis for selected experimental designs. QGA is being developed for quantitative genetic analysis. It is also developed using Java Eclipse RCP
Course/workshop Date Partici-pants (no.)
In-house
R-CropStat Demo 3 Feb 20
Experimental Design and Data Analysis Using R-CropStat
14-18 Mar 22
Introduction to R-CropStat 6-10 Jun 18
Introduction to Gene Mapping: Linkage and Association Mapping
28 Nov - 2 Dec
30
In-country
Basic Experimental Designs and Data Analysis using R-CropStat in Agricul-tural and Biological Sciences, University of Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
14-18 Feb 19
Basic Experimental Designs and Data Analysis using R-CropStat, PhilRice, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
28 Feb - 4 Mar
29
Other short-term courses/workshops
Rice Breeding Course 9-24 Aug 30
Rice Production Techniques for Young Researchers (for Africa)
10-28 Oct 12
Phenotyping for Abiotic Stresses 27 Oct - 11 Nov
24
Rice Research and Production for Re-searchers (for Indonesia)
15 Nov - 2 Dec
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and the R language. Currently, QGA performs ge-netic analyses for commonly used mating designs, including NCI, NCII, NCIII, TTC, and diallel crosses. For each mating design, two experimental designs are available: completely randomized design (CRD) and randomized complete block design (RCBD). Analyses can also be done for single- and multienvi-ronment trials. A Web-based tool is being developed for data management and analysis. The ultimate goal is the development of an integrated and user-friendly sys-tem for plant breeders and geneticists. Currently, this tool has functions for querying ICIS DMS, detecting population structure using parametric and nonpara-metric methods, and conducting association analysis using linear and linear-mixed models, taking genetic relationships and population structure into account.
ICIS Web tools
IRIS Web systemThe IRIS Web system, which includes a germplasm and breeding data query tool, was further improved and the following new features were added: (a) breeding project and study browser, (b) trait browser, and (c) StudyMart. The breeding project and study browser is capable of showing summary statistics in graphical form (e.g., bar charts and histograms). For example, for each breeding project and study, the frequencies of recorded values relating to germ-plasm and recorded values for each trait are available in chart form to give users information about the distribution of values. As a standard feature, infor-mation about each breeding program and study is also available showing other information such as lists of studies (where applicable), the list of germplasm
used in the project or study, as well as a list of traits. The trait browser uses trait as entry point with pop-up charts showing the distribution of values vs study or germplasm. This is useful for researchers who are interested in knowing which germplasm was evaluated for the traits of interest as well as studies conducted involving the traits. They can also look into the field evaluation data and download them in CSV format. StudyMart is a simple data mining tool for retrieval of field trial data using multitrait filters. Users can build their own query using a simple Web-based interface. The results of the query can also be downloaded in CSV format.
Improving ICISTo further improve the efficiency of ICIS, the follow-ing activities were undertaken: (a) design of an im-proved relational schema for storing phenotypic data and (b) development of a software component for retrieving data from the database-middleware layer. Creating a new and simplified schema for storing phenotypic data was an essential step in providing flexibility and improving the efficiency in middleware development, which, in turn, is a critical component to achieve a robust and responsive Web-based query tool, especially for the new features mentioned. This query tool was deployed on top of the existing IRIS/rice database and is publicly accessible at http://webtools.cropinfo.org. This query tool is a replace-ment of the IRIS Web site,which can be found at http://iris.irri.org.
ICIS stand-alone tools
Mobile toolICIS Mobile was developed to record observational data using a hand-held device. This application aims to address problems in data collection such as loss of order when taking sequential data, leading to wrong materials being evaluated, recording the wrong scale of evaluation, and consuming much time in consolidating and digitizing observational data being gathered into a study workbook file. The ICIS Mobile application runs on two different platforms. The first platform is for Pocket PC devices running Windows CE and the second platform is for a Samsung Galaxy Tablet running on Android. Both have features for importing field-book data and a user-friendly data entry interface with data validation and autocomputed values for time-based inputs such as days to flowering. The application also has a record-browsing interface with filtering functionality and the ability to export observational data gathered in text file format. Once data collection is completed, the data can be exported to and integrated with a study workbook in ICIS that can then be uploaded into IRIS.
Cross-PredictorThe Cross-Predictor tool is a stand-alone application developed using the Java Eclipse RCP. It aims to assist cross-selection based on genotypic value predicted using known genes. It predicts homozygous geno-types and the frequencies generated from a cross (two-way or three-way) by using single seed descent or double haploid; it uses the frequency of desirable genotypes to choose the best crosses.
Thirty-eight yield trials, 3,450 new crosses, more than 185,300 new segregating lines, and 253 INGER trials were recorded in IRIS. In cooperation with the Seed Health Unit (which provides the import listings), 87 batches of imported germplasm materials were recorded in IRIS. An ICIS for Plant Breeder Course for IRRI-ESARO partners was conducted in May in Tanza-nia. Demonstrations and presentations on ICIS were given to the Rice Breeding Course participants.
COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATIONS SERVICES
Through its visual media, editorial, publishing, Web, and creative support services, CPS designs, pack-ages, and produces a variety of information materials carrying IRRI’s messages for various audiences and provides a spectrum of communication services for the Institute. Traditional books and publications
Through CPS assistance, IRRI produced five titles in 2011: three scientific books, one technical bulletin, and the 2010 annual report on DVD and the Web. Also produced were four issues of Rice Today; three issues of Rice Research for Intensified Production and Prosperity in Lowland Ecosystems (RIPPLE), three issues of the STRASA Newsletter, and one issue of CURE Matters. Currently, around 10 scientific book titles are in the production queue for 2012 and beyond.
Web publishing and IRRI’s Internet footprint
Social media In 2011, IRRI continued to incorporate an online presence on certain social networks and social me-dia. Recognizing that an Internet footprint cannot alone be made by its institutional Web site, IRRI is reaching out to and engaging with its stakeholders and beneficiaries using social media channels and social network sites via online platforms and devices when applicable. For media assets and publications, we are using•GoogleBooks(438publicationsuploadedwith
more than 1,149,000 title views, with nearly 13.9 million page views across these titles)
•Flickr(57,768imagesuploadedwithnearly2.5mil-lion total views)
•YouTube(todate,438videosuploadedwithmorethan 535,000 total views)
For social utility and topic engagement, we are using, to date,•Facebook(morethan2,300friends)•Twitter(around2,000followers)
To show the power of the social media, our ana-lytics indicate that, during some weeks, the grow-ing number of followers on IRRI’s Facebook page has pushed Facebook as high as the number-one referring social medium. Analytics data also show how deeply visitors to the site are engaged if they are referred there via a social site such as Facebook. The real driver for traffic to the site then are referrals made by people on social networks.
IRRI Web community In 2011, the CPS Web team, which is the core team for IRRI’s Web system, continued to educate, guide, and train the IRRI Web community. To date, there are about 100 staff members in the system, about 40 of whom are active Web community members engaged in managing and providing content in their respec-tive site sections. The CPS Web team conducted for the IRRI Web community a 3-month curriculum-based series of lectures and workshops—called the IRRI Web Labs—about the use of the Web as a medium for engage-ment. The Labs covered optimizing work on the Web as a system of people, their practices, and their shared information objects. Today, most, if not all, of IRRI’s Web community members manage their own sections on irri.org. The CPS Web team continues to determine the design of the system for the community to be able to ef-ficiently and effectively gain from the use of digital and online media. The second annual IRRI Web Summit, which was conducted in January 2012, set in motion IRRI’s Web activities for the coming year. As a digital and online R&D group, the three-member CPS Web team works on three facets of
the Web—people, processes, and technology—with the help of other CPS sections that generate and produce objects for the Web. IRRI’s Internet footprint now is expanded by the network of people within IRRI and their respective networks outside of the Institute. The CPS Web team will continue to help enhance the IRRI Web system by providing guidance and training to the IRRI Web community.
Site statistics•Visits to the site in 2011 were 481,650, an average
of about 1,320 visits per day for the year.•Ofthese,therewere2.8millionpageviews,av-
eraging 4.7 pages per visit. Each visit lasted an average of 3.39 minutes.
Demographics. The site’s global reach is domi-nated by Asia: South Asia, Southeast Asia, followed by North America, East Asia, and Western Europe. India, the Philippines, and the United States, in that order, continue to be the top three countries access-ing the site. Combined, the Asian continent account-ed for 66% of all visits.
Traffic to the site that came from search en-gines came mostly from South and Southeast Asia. India, the Philippines, together with Bangladesh, the United States, and the United Kingdom accounted for 45% of search traffic.
Communication support to the Institute
CPS provides communication support for the entire Institute, including editing, graphic design, art and illustration, audiovisual, photography, video, and printing. For example, in 2011, 55,170 new digital photographs were produced, 45 video programs were produced, and 45 shorter clips were provided for the Bulletin (IRRI’s weekly newsletter for staff, BOT, and alumni) and PowerPoint presentations. Also, in 2011, graphic artists produced 90 illus-trations, laid out 3,066, pages for publications, and prepared and printed 421 posters on the CPS large-format printer. IRRI editors worked on more than 2,100, pages for refereed journal articles, more than 470 pages appearing in IRRI’s scientific books, plus 54 pages for the International Rice Research Notes, four issues each of Rice Today and the newsletter RIPPLE, and more than 3,200, pages of additional conference papers, abstracts, proposals, posters, do-nor reports, concept notes, press releases, and other items. The more than 70 long abstracts coming out of the 2010 International Rice Congress that went online in 2011 were the equivalent of a 200-page book.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
media releases
In 2011, 21 media releases were prepared and dis-tributed:
1. Stop abusing insecticides in rice (16 Dec)Burundi releases two new rice varieties for better lives (15 Dec)
2. Green: the new color of rice (2 Dec)3. Vietnamese president visits IRRI (27 Oct)4. Feeding 9 billion mouths – a Singapore exhi-
bition (13 Oct)5. No more “no rain, no rice” in Bangladesh
(7 Oct)6. Rice breeding brings billions to Southeast
Asia (29 Sep)7. Indian dirt scientist wins international service
award (1 Sep) 8. Singapore invests in regional rice security
(12 Aug)9. Women of war turn to rice in Burundi
(21 Jul)10. “Chalky” discovery could increase value of
rice by 25% (14 Jul)11. Mozambique gets new designer rice (21 Jun)12. IRRI supports Thai move to stop insecticide
use in rice (1 Jun)13. IRRI and Japan launch rice training program
for Africa (18 May)14. Singaporean to promote philanthropy for
food security (20 Apr)15. New partners join forces against vitamin A
deficiency (14 Apr)16. IRRI gives top varieties to Filipino farmers at
field day (28 Feb)17. IRRI wins award for mobilizing rice knowl-
edge to alleviate hunger (25 Feb)18. Higher rice production a phone call away for
Filipino farmers (24 Jan)
New visitors continued to increase in all subregions, 50% more than in 2010.
19. Nepalese farmers to enjoy bountiful harvest from drought-proof rice (21 Jan)
20. Green Super Rice is coming (14 Jan)
media mentions
In 2011, we recorded 167 media mentions in our database. One topic that received good media atten-tion was the impact assessment of IRRI’s rice breed-ing work by ACIAR. Mentions of IRRI throughout 2011 occurred in numerous major news outlets, including major international news wires (e.g., AFP), internationally recognized media outlets (e.g., the New York Times and the BBC), national media outlets across Asia (e.g., China Daily and Viet Nam News), and major science news outlets (e.g., SciDev.Net and Nature).
media interviews, visits, and events
IRRI continued to receive regular media requests for information and to interview scientists in 2011. As in
previous years, Dr. Robert Zeigler and Dr. Achim Do-bermann were frequently requested for interviews, as was Dr. Sam Mohanty. In addition, IRRI hosted 38 media visits to our headquarters (nearly double those of 2010)—rang-ing from foreign correspondents to documen-tary producers, international journalists, and local journalists. We arranged media attendance at IRRI’s farmers’ field day.
Social media
As of 31 December 2011, we had more than 2,300 “likes” for the IRRI Facebook page—up from 1,000 the previous year. IRRI’s Facebook page has become a major director of traffic to the IRRI Web site. We also commenced management of IRRI’s Twitter account, which by the end of the year had around 2,000 followers.
media contact database
As of 31 Dec 2011, IRRI had 1,292 media contacts recorded in Salesforce, which was an increase of 106 from 2010. These are journalists with whom PR or other OUs have had contact and who were recorded as an institutional contact. During 2011, we transferred distribution of our media releases to a self-subscribe system on the IRRI Web site via Acymailer/Joomla, to which we added pre-existing subscribers (around 2,500), including media and other contacts. By the end of 2011, we had recorded around 6,000 media release subscrib-ers.
Web site contributions
The PR team continued to be a major contributor to the IRRI Web site in the following sections:
• News and events: media releases and hot topics• Our science • Staff profiles • Country profiles • About rice
We also facilitated blogs for Dr. Zeigler and Dr. Mohanty.
ExPERImENT STATION
2011 will be remembered for two things at ES: a growing research program and incessant rain. Both of these factors exerted pressure on our systems at ES, stretching our capacities to facilitate the work asked of us. Highlights of the year included making a number of our full-cost-recovery (FCR) charges more understandable and transparent, significant refinements to our administrative processes to allow
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Date Title Media outlet
20 Jan Simple bags save the harvest Voice of America
27 Feb IRRI rolls out high-yielding rice Manila Bulletin
20 Apr Trial for vitamin A rich rice soon Daily Star (Bangladesh)
26 May New rice crisis cannot be ruled out: research group AFP
18 Jul Scientists find rice 'chalk' gene, eye yield rise The Straits Times (Singapore)
3 Oct Rice research starts to pay off Viet Nam News
9 Oct Time to wake up on rice, secret weapon against Asian upheaval
The Australian
19 Dec Scientists ramp up sequencing of rice varieties SciDev.Net
quicker and more direct response, commissioning two energy-efficient prototype dryers, and creating a multipurpose seeder capable of seeding rice, maize, and other crops. ES released a revised set of FCR charges in mid-2011, which reflected our best current estimate of the cost of providing services to IRRI researchers. Land rental, irrigation, and phytotron charges in particular increased substantially. Although this has helped ES cease recording losses each season, these charges have proved a shock to researchers and their programs. ES looks forward to bringing these costs down again through economies of scale, labor efficiencies, energy efficiencies, and infrastructure investments.
field maintenance group
Land useA total of 211 ha were dedicated to research, an increase of 13 ha from 2010, whereas production rice declined to 77 ha (ES Table 1). PBGB was again the biggest land user, occupying 161 ha.
"closed season," scheduled to provide a period of rice-free fields for tungro control, was compromised by wet weather on two occasions in 2011. When confined to wet preparation techniques and when awaiting the go-ahead from users, ES is limited as to the speed at which it can cultivate fields. Even after cultivation, persistent wet conditions allow many mature rice plants to persist in the field, defeating the purpose of the closed season. We urgently need mechanisms of weed control that are both quicker and more efficacious in maintaining clean fields in the closed season. Strategic glyphosate applications should offer such an alternative and they seem to complement cultivation, so this technique is being reintroduced in 2012. Similarly, in early 2012, ES will assume control over the timing and method of field preparation, to ensure timely operations.
field operations group
The field operations group diligently prepared the fields and maintained roads as required. The persis-tently wet conditions presented them with the afore-mentioned challenge to prepare fields on time when relying heavily on rototilling. Similarly, persistent wet conditions and a grader renowned for breaking down made road maintenance more difficult. A new grader and a road stabilization program planned in 2012 should help our roads greatly. Late in 2011, the field operations group faced up to the challenge of constructing wide bunds on a significant portion of the ES. These bunds will consume a truckload of soil for every 4 m of bund, so the task stretches at least 2 years ahead of us. Success in this massive earthmoving exercise will see 3-m-wide bunds between fields, which will allow
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ES Table 1. Land use (ha) at ES, by OU, 2011.
User Dry season Wet season Total
PBGB 81.9 79.6 161.4
CESD 12.2 19.9 32.1
GRC 6.8 5.6 12.4
GQNPC 0.3 0.9 1.2
C4 1.6 2.7 4.3
Research total 102.7 108.7 211.4
ES 43.6 33.8 77.4
Total 146.3 142.5 288.8
Production riceThe area of production rice declined a little to make way for the increase in research area, a trend that has continued into 2012. As a consequence, ES has now begun sourcing paddy from outside IRRI, which is then milled in our rice mill to supply staff rations. Indeed, IRRI staff prefer ES’s production rice, as it is a high-quality variety, harvested and milled to maxi-mize eating quality. ES harvested a total of 406 t of paddy from the 77 ha, with an average yield of 5.2 t ha–1.
Crop nutrition and protectionA total of 71.2 t of chemical fertilizers were applied to both research plots and production rice. These included urea, ammonium sulfate, complete, muriate of potash, solophos, zinc oxide, and zinc sulfate. The choice of fertilizer rate remains somewhat arbitrary, as indicated by the application of potassium to fields that generally have plenty of potassium in the soil and receive more from irrigation water. Similarly, fertilizer application is still predominantly manual. Although experienced hands apply fertilizer reason-ably uniformly, this may not be uniform enough for a research institution. We need mechanized applica-tion techniques to achieve benchmark uniformity. All ES fields continue to be managed according to an IPM strategy—do not apply a pesticide unless the need has been demonstrated and alternatives have been explored. Snails are often managed with the strategic use of field drainage, for example. Weed control has generally been adequate, de-spite limited use of herbicides, although Leptochloa chinensis is presenting more of a problem in several fields, particularly those that were direct-seeded. The
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much better access for land preparation, pesticide and fertilizer application, all field operations for re-searchers, and even high-precision plant monitoring in some circumstances. Success begins with the first steps, which were taken in late 2011.
Irrigation and drainage services
The irrigation and drainage system, the lifeblood of experiments here at IRRI, especially in the dry season, generally provided a reliable water supply in 2011. Its capacity was tested later in the dry season as crop demand peaked and rainfall diminished, particularly in the upland section of ES. A total of 152 ha of lowland fields and 15 ha of upland fields were supplied in the wet season. In the dry season, the area was 159 ha in the lowland and 7.3 ha in the upland. Irrigating the upland fields in the dry season is especially demanding, as pres-surized supply is required several times a week using our portable pumps. Unfortunately, we know little about what volumes of water were applied. We are blessed with a thorough network of re-ticulated supply that makes it easy to supply any field when required and of drains installed (through the vision of Dr. Ernest Nunn) that give us easy access to field drainage when and where required. We are not blessed, however, with the ability to control drain-age from the field or the ability to catch and recycle this drainage. In 2011, we constructed prototype overflow-type drainage inlets and also began plan-ning for a drainage-recycling system to overcome these deficiencies.
greenhouses, screenhouses, and phytotron
Both the greenhouses and screenhouses remained in high demand during 2011. Average occupancy was 96% for greenhouses and 100% for screenhouses, although less-than-full use of reserved space remains an issue. In 2011, ES reintroduced an insect-monitor-ing program in the greenhouses and screenhouses, which allows insect infestations to be dealt with in a more timely fashion, and also allows some analy-sis of the efficacy of the pesticides and application techniques that ES uses. After the release of the new FCR charges, usage in the phytotron gradually declined in late 2011. Many researchers felt that the charges for the indoor growth chambers, in particular, were too high to permit their use. Given the large proportion of the cost being represented by electricity to cool and light the facility and drive ventilation, little can be done with the current facility. ES continues to explore ways to reduce this cost, and new facilities should offer substantial energy savings and hence lower cost.
grounds maintenance
Keeping the IRRI campus lawns and landscape in good shape for the attraction of visitors and com-fort of staff was the main concern of the grounds crew of ES-Bioenvironment. The regular schedule of garbage collection and hauling every Monday and Thursday maintained clean and well-kept surround-ings. The main issue on proper waste segregation, especially on the campus, is still prevailing in spite of efforts to provide orientation to constituents and put labels on waste bins. With the new contrac-tor for garbage collection, the ES also generated and converted plastics, papers, and other recyclable
materials into modicum revenues. The small project on vermi-composting succeeded in converting bio-degradable wastes into useful soil conditioners. This initiative also attracted some residents at the staff housing, which could eventually reduce the amount of household and kitchen wastes being disposed of in garbage bins. The deployment of the skip loader truck with 10 units of 3-m3-sized skip bins provided much ease in declogging greenhouse/screenhouse zones of soil and plant wastes that are openly disposed of in waste bins. The collection and hauling schedule also proved to be helpful to researchers at the green-house/screenhouse facilities in tidying up the work-ing areas.
Equipment, fabrication, repair, and maintenance
Machine shop staff continued to repair and main-tain the fleet of tractors, implements, and other machines at ES. In particular, a steady stream of front-axle-bearing replacements was required in the tractors that work long hours in the mud. Moving away from heavy reliance on wet cultivation would reduce this task. The machine shop staff oversaw several con-struction projects in 2011. A new dryer was built that uses waste heat from an air-conditioning unit; a second dryer was built that draws heat from hot wa-ter to dry harvested samples. Both dryers demanded a lot of creativity and, at times, long repetitive work, but the staff rose to the challenge. Similarly, our three-point-linkage disc drill was renovated so as to seed either rice or maize into a cultivated or uncul-tivated seedbed. The result is a very clever creation
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that is unknown in the commercial world and fits our requirements very well. It will undergo further refinement in 2012 to improve seed placement(see photo below). In 2011, ES began a program of testing our mechanical threshers. We face unquantified cross-contamination between samples threshed in at least some of these threshers. Assessing cross-contami-nation against a common benchmark allows ES to identify threshers that need repairs, alterations, or even replacement. Perhaps the highlight of 2011 in the machine shop was the rapid repair of two old dump trucks and the gradual repair of the old Mitsubishi bulldoz-er. The dump trucks were consigned to the grave but were skillfully repaired and are now a crucial part of importing soil for our new wide bunds. The bulldoz-er has great strategic value, as its light weight and wide tracks help it float on very soft soil, which is a common enemy for much of the year. This equip-ment has now rejoined the fleet, with great benefit to ES.
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Administration
Our administrative staff fill perhaps the least recog-nized but most central role in ES. They continue to do this with great diligence and patience. Several parts of ES administration were refined in 2011 with the help of our information management specialist. The IES02 request process, which begins almost any action on ES, is now fully online and its handling upon receipt has been further automated. Likewise, the IES01 land reservation request is now online. Space reservation in the greenhouses and screen-houses is now online, making the process more di-rect and importantly more transparent, which should increase the efficiency of their usage over time. Internally, we have digitized our own warehouse inventory, which enables us to use stocks where we have them, buy when we need to, and, hopefully, in time, forecast this in advance a little better than in the past. Finally, ES has supported the administrative processes of Top Gem Cooperative to both provide and account for manual labor as requested in as timely a fashion as possible.
LIBRARY ANd dOCUmENTATION SERVICES
The IRRI Library and Documentation Services (LDS) continues to be the hub of all research activities of IRRI, playing a significant role in facilitating the crea-tion and dissemination of knowledge. Its range of services, comparable with those of the best libraries in the world, includes reference and consultation, online public access catalog and circulation, docu-ment delivery, resource sharing, information alert service, and ICT-enabled Web-based services. Besides holding an excellent print collection of more than 200,000 volumes of books, journals, theses, reports,
and pamphlets, it also provides access to more than 40,000 rice articles, electronic books, and journals. The LDS continues to offer its services to both inter-nal and external clients.
Collection development
The Acquisition Unit of the LDS has continuously built a comprehensive rice literature collection and various agricultural research materials to support IRRI’s rice research (LDS Table 1). This is being done through careful and intensive selection and evalu-ation of materials that are to be included in the resource pool.
BooksAdded to the collection were 184 new titles, 74 of which are mainly about rice research and the rest on related subjects.
LdS Table 1. Collection development in 2011.
Publication type Added in 2011
Total col-lection
Monographs (books, pamphlets) 479 120,797
Print 184
Electronic 10
Theses (print and electronic) 27 4,802
DVDs/video cassettes 8 244
CDs 56 240
Rice articles (print) 10 27,886
Rice articles (pdf) 5,970 31,065
Total collection (print and digital) – excluding journals
6,744 185,034
Online databases
Linked to Web site 4 76
Subscribed 1 4
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E-books and E-readersThe Library bought eight E-readers for the use of the IRRI community. There were also 15 E-books (agricul-tural titles) purchased.
E-journalsThe Library continued to enhance access to publica-tions by adding 59 free electronic journals. Our free E-journal collection has now reached 1,897.
SubscriptionsThe Library has online subscriptions to 386 journals and 30 journals in print, totaling 416. As subscrip-tion to these journals is very costly and as part of the CGIARLISC mandate, the Library shares 90 journal subscriptions with the Consortium to reduce costs.
Rice articlesRice articles (10) that were not available from the library journal subscriptions were purchased. Around mid-2011, rice articles were acquired from the Current Contents Connect: 691 rice articles were recorded either for downloading from the library journal subscriptions or to fill requests from authors.
Books and subscriptions for other unitsBook purchases and subscriptions for other units of IRRI are facilitated by the Library. LDS was able to buy 92 books and 7 articles and facilitated 15 sub-scriptions for other offices (LDS Table 2).
Collection organization
LDS has persevered to maintain the largest and most comprehensive collection of rice and rice-related lit-erature. The Library has increased its collection with
193 new titles purchased by the Library and 88 titles by other IRRI units. The collection has further grown with the inclusion of 479 titles from many authors and partner organizations. Of these, 34 electronic re-sources, fully accessible through dedicated comput-
ers, were added. Also made available were 66 theses and dissertations; of the 28 IRRI-assisted theses, 26 full-text versions were linked. Overall, we added 762 new titles to the collection.
Other activities
The Library donated 205 titles to three institutions. Two academic institutions were visited this year as part of the unit’s information-sharing activity. Library personnel were able to share their best practices with colleagues and expand their library network as well.
LdS services
Library Web site and OPAC databaseThe number of online users of the LDS Web site in-creased notably. There were 3,570 unique visitors for the year, with 14,872 page views and 7,327 visits. All these were external clients. The OPAC is one of the most heavily used da-tabases of the Library and is accessible 24/7 via the Library Web page. Besides listing all the documents
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LdS Table 2. Journal collection in 2011.
Acquisition mode Titles (no.)
Journal subscriptions (paid) 114
Print 27
Electronic 87
Joint subscriptions 43
Journal titles received as gifts or in exchange 1,144
Journal titles available via ScienceDirect subject collections (free in 2009 only)
195
Freely available E-journals linked to LDS Web site 1,582
Total active journals 3,035
Total current E-journals accessible to IRRI staff on campus
Paid subscription 87 ScienceDirect 195
1,864
Free E-journals from the Web 1,582
Archival E-journals 251
Distribution of 2011 collection, by type of materials.Distribution of 2011 collection, by subject.
Agriculture (nonrice)
Rice or rice-related
Human resources and management
Political science, law, and education
History, geography, literarture, and art
Environment and ecology
Socioeconomic development
Information, computer science, and technology
Books
Theses
Articles and related materials
Electronic resources
For IRRI units
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available in the Library, it allows on-line renewal, circulation, and status identification of a particular book. The OPAC is searchable by author, title, words in the title, call number, subject, and several other fields.
Reference, consultation, and circulationReference Service helps users make full use of library resources and services. It assists users in locating in-formation or documents of their choice. The Library loaned 2,085 books and other documents to clients during the year. In addition to IRRI researchers, 2,543 walk-in clients, including students, research schol-ars, and faculty members from nearby universities, used the Library. In April, the Library started open-ing at lunch time to accommodate more users. The “Ask the Librarian” link encourages users to use the reference service virtually. The Wi-Fi facility in the reading area gives users seamless access to electronic resources.
Sharing of resourcesThe Library maintains excellent relations with librar-ies of the CGIAR, UPLB, ADB, and other institutions around the world through the exchange of books, journals, and photocopies of other materials (LDS Tables 3 and 4).
Information alert serviceThe Library continued to provide topic-based alerts to staff covering the following subjects: rice and starch, rice tolerance, rice and yield loss, rice and dis-ease, rice and sheath blight, rice and IPM, transgenic environment, rice and zinc, transgenic crops, roots and drought, drought-QTL-rice, and sheath blight-blast spots.
Rice bibliography
An integral part of the LDS is the Rice Bibliography section where scholarly articles on rice are processed. Indexing the articles is its flagship project. Processed entries are available in both print (Rice Literature Up-date) and electronic format, which can be accessed through the rice database. The rice database continues to grow to provide researchers with convenient and instant access to the world’s rice technical literature. Last year, the section indexed 1,013 bibliographic records in the database; downloaded 1,292 rice articles in pdf from free and subscription online journals; and provided links to 5,970 full-text rice articles in pdf within the database for easier access.
Staff development
The Library has a team of talented and dedicated people who were involved in various academic activi-ties. During the year, they presented papers in semi-nars and conferences, delivered lectures in various training programs, served on various committees as resource persons, and guided research staff to meet their information needs.
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LdS Table 3. Information services provided to CgIAR cent-ers and other institutions.
LdS Table 4. Information services provided, by country.
Country Documents delivered (no.)
Australia 1
Bangladesh 5
Belgium 1
Brazil 1
China 5
Egypt 8
India 44
Indonesia 1
Iran 3
Italy 4
Malaysia 1
Peru 14
Philippines 128
Spain 1
Syria 2
Uganda 2
Uruguay 1
USA 7
Vietnam 3
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EVENTS ANd VISITORS OffICE
The Institute welcomed 26,327 visitors in 2011 (EVO Table 1). These included distinguished guests such as His Excellency Troung Tan Sang, president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, five ambassadors, 43 government officials, various members of the diplomatic community, and representatives of donor and international organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and the Australian Agency for International Development.
distinguished visitors in 2011
Members of the diplomatic corpsH.E. Luca Fornari, ambassador of the Italian Repub-
lic to the Philippines, and Mr. Joseph Kalingag, commercial officer, Embassy of the Italian Repub-lic to the Philippines, 21 Jan
H.E. Stephen Lillie, ambassador of the United King-dom to the Philippines, and party, 22 Mar
H.E. Christopher Thornley, ambassador of Canada to the Philippines, and party, 12 May
H.E. S.A.O. Egurube, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Philippines, and party, 23 Sep
H.E. Thierry Borja de Mozota, ambassador of the Republic of France to the Philippines, and party, 23 Nov
Legislators and government officialsH.E. Truong Tan Sang, president of the Socialist Re-
public of Vietnam, and party, 27 OctHon. Dennis Araullo, assistant secretary, Philippine
Department of Agriculture (DA), and party, 27 Jan
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Mr. Akio Isomata, minister for economic affairs, and Mr. Takehiko Sakata, first secretary (agriculture), Embassy of Japan, 8 Mar
Mr. Dante Delima, director, Bureau of Plant Industry, and coordinator, National Rice Program, and party, 8 Jul
Ms. Janet Stormes, professional staff member, United States Senate Committee on Appropria-tions, and Ms. Dorothy Rayburn, congressional liaison officer, and party, 27 Aug
Dr. Eufemio Rasco, Jr., executive director, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), 30 Sep
Visitor group Philippines Asia USA South America
North America
Australia Europe Africa Total
Students 17,498 624 128 0 4 5 107 0 18,366Faculty members, university staff,
Representatives of various organizationsDr. David Bergvinson, senior program officer, and Dr.
Brian Love, program officer, Science and Technol-ogy, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), 7 Jan
Ms. Diane Scott, public affairs and communications officer, Global Development Policy and Advocacy, BMGF, 24 Jan
Dr. Jean-Marcel Ribaut, director, Generation Chal-lenge Program, 31 Jan
Ms. Lucy Sutro, managing director, Fleming Family Partners, and Mr. Simon Cox, principal, Savanna Capital Management Limited, 2 Mar
Dr. Romel Carlos, operations officer and program manager for Sustainable Energy, Finance Advi-sory Services, Philippines; Anup Jagwani, princi-
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pal investment officer, Manufacturing, Agribusi-ness and Services Department; and Ms. Patricia Wycoco, investment officer, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services Department, Interna-tional Finance Corporation, 17 Mar
Mr. Rikin Gandhi, chief executive officer, Digital Green, New Delhi, India, 17 Mar
Mr. Robert van Zwieten, director, Capital Markets and Financial Sectors Division (PSCM), Private Sector Operations Department; and Mr. Stefan Hruschka, principal investment specialist, PSCM, and head of Project Administration Unit, Asian Development Bank (ADB), 17 Mar
Mr. Owen Williams, segment manager, SAK HMC, Leica Geosystems Technologies Pte. Ltd., Singa-pore, 23 Mar
Dr. Andrew Green, director, Environment, Health and Sustainability, International Zinc Association, Durham, North Carolina, USA, 4 Apr
Mr. Rafael Alunan III, president, Lopez Group Foun-dation, Inc., and party, 7 Jun
Mr. Tony Tan Caktiong, chairman and chief executive officer, Jollibee Foods Corporation, and party, 23 Jun
Mr. Herve Thieblemont, ICS rice business manager APAC, and Mr. Chu Viet Ha, global head of Rice Seeds Portfolio, Syngenta, 1 Jul
Ms. Clara Reyes Lapus, president, Mama Sita Foun-dation, Inc., 18 Jul
Dr.NatalieDiNicola,director,SustainableYieldInitia-tive Development Partnerships, Monsanto, 5 Aug
Mr. Geoff Lucraft, president and chief executive officer, Philippine Christian Foundation, Inc., 31 Aug
Dr. Anil Menon, senior research scientist II, Global Insecticide Research, BASF, RTP, North Carolina, USA, 6 Sep
date Title Participants (no.)
Countries represented (no.)
5-7 Jan C4 Rice Annual Planning Meeting 60 910 Jan Syngenta Business Meeting 7 1
25-27 Jan Golden Rice Communications Strategic Planning Meeting 20 42-4 Feb Cyber-Village Phase 2: Luzon Workshop 45 115 Feb Seminar on Implementation Experience and Regulatory
Compliance to DA-AO 8100 1
21-23 Feb Asia Regional HR Heads’ Meeting 10 422 Feb Rice Advisory Board Meeting 10 528 Feb IRRI-DA Farmers’ Day 700 122 Mar HRDC Annual Meeting 70 3
23-25 Mar GRiSP Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop 15 813-15 Apr IRRI Board of Trustees’ Meeting 15 115-6 May CCARA Annual Project Meeting 45 2
24-25 May Golden Rice IBC Team Meeting 40 430-31 May Workshop on Developing Financial Products for Precision
Agricultural Products and Services for Small-Holder Rice Farmers30 4
9 Jun FIN Management Workshop 35 225 Jul-5 Aug Training-Workshop on Technology Evaluation and Impact
Assessment23 10
26 Jul-18 Aug CGIAR OCS Process Workshop 22 729 Aug Concluding Meeting of the GSR Asian Annual Review 45 3
3-8 Oct GRiSP Asia Review and Global Science Forum 56 1925 Oct 15th CORRA Annual Meeting 16 16
27 Oct-10 Nov Training Workshop on Phenotyping for Abiotic Stresses in Rice 24 12
21-26 Nov Country Office Representatives’ Week 20 1129-30 No Sustainable Rice Platform Meeting 25 57-9 Dec Digital ICT Workshop 67 11
14-16 Dec C4 Rice Annual Meeting 60 9
EVO Table 2. International and regional conferences, workshops, symposia, and meetings hosted and co-sponsored by IRRI in 2011.a
aAll held at IRRI headquarters.
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Dr. Fabrizio Bresciani, senior agricultural economist, Sustainable Development Department East Asia and Pacific, Indonesia, World Bank Office, Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 Sep
Ms. Maria Herrero, global regulatory manager, and Ms. Jayne Walz, regulatory manager, Valent Biosciences Corporation, 30 Sep
Prof. Tim Wheeler, deputy chief scientific adviser, De-partment for International Development, United Kingdom, 6 Oct
Dr.LeeYoung-Yi,researcher,NationalAcademyofAgricultural Science, South Korea, 21 Nov
MediaTV crew from Agence de Presse-LPBV-Elle est pas
belle la vie!,11 JanMr. Thilo Thielke, correspondent, Der Spiegel, 12 JanMr. Carl Gierstorfer, journalist, Deutsche Welle, Ber-
lin, Germany, 17 JanMs. Carol Selva Rajah, crew executive producer,
“Grasshopper in the Field,” 25 JanMr. Eric San Juan, journalist, Agence Efe, 2 FebTV crew from “Mel and Joey,” GMA Network, Inc.,
16 FebTV crew from “Why Not?,” ABS-CBN Foundation,
Inc., 8 MarMr. Michael Lenz, correspondent, Wissenschaft On-
line, Germany, 8 MarMedia crew from The Asahi Shimbun, 22 MarMr. Ernst Herb, Asia correspondent, Finanz und
Wirtschaft (Zurich), 21 JunMs. Hana Saito, journalist, The Japan Agricultural
News, 28 JunMark Zavadskiy, chief Asia correspondent, Expert,
18 AugMr. Sam Eaton, journalist, Marketplace, 1 Sep
RICEWORLd mUSEUm ANd ExhIBITS OffICE
IRRI organized a two-in-one exhibit during the Philip-pine National Rice Awareness Month in November at SM City, Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. The exhibit featured newly developed GRiSP information posters that summarize IRRI technologies and projects. The exhibit was done in tandem with an art exhibit by Paul R. Hilario and Manuel Bactong, Jr. of Riceworld Museum. The art exhibit was about the influence of rice in culture. Two of the artworks were featured in the 2012 IRRI and The Rice Trader calendars. In 2011, the Riceworld Museum and Exhibits Office (RMEO) also participated in four other exhibi-tions:
• Wonderama, Syensaya, Baker Hall, UPLB, July
• Rice Exhibit at Learning Links Academy, South Forbes City, Silang, Cavite, September
• DTI exhibit, SM Calamba, October• SSD exhibit, DA, Quezon City, October
The Riceworld Museum was closed to the public in September 2011 to pave the way for renovation and construction of a new rice gallery. It reopened in January 2012. The RMEO conducted a thorough inventory and appraisal of IRRI-owned artworks at IRRI headquar-ters and at the IRRI Guesthouse. The Vicente Reyes painting in Umali Hall was professionally restored. The Office also coordinated with the Interna-tional Rice Genebank in growing and multiplying various Philippine rice varieties to assist the newly opened Mind Museum at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, in putting up a rice display.
SEEd hEALTh UNIT
Phytosanitary certification
The Seed Health Unit (SHU) issued 600 phytosanitary certificates covering 89,462 nontransgenic seedlots (2,593 kg) sent to 55 countries worldwide from January to December 2011 (SHU Table 1). By region, Southeast Asia received the highest total number of shipments (233) and seedlots (24,384;1,529 kg). In addition, through the SHU, 22 phytosanitary certifi-cates covering 739 transgenic seedlots (66 kg) were issued and sent to 10 countries worldwide (SHU Table 2). North America received the highest total number of shipments (8) and seedlots (195; 64 kg). SHU Table 3 shows the nature of shipments, regional destinations, and corresponding total number of shipments and seedlots. The highest number of ship-ments was for nontransgenic rice seeds: 548 cover-ing 87,165 seedlots (2,567 kg); these were sent to 10 regions worldwide. The exported materials came from different organizational units: C4 Rice Center, Development Office (DO), Grain Quality and Nutrition Center (GQNC), Intellectual Property Management Unit (IPMU), Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnol-ogy (PBGB), Seed Health Unit (SHU), and T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center (TTC-GRC) (SHU Tables 4a and 4b). PBGB sent the highest number of nontrans-genic and transgenic shipments with 354 shipments (covering 74,402 seedlots and weighing 2,225 kg) and 10 shipments (covering 338 seedlots and weigh-ing 63 kg), respectively. The nontransgenic ship-ments included dehulled seeds, milled and polished rice, paddy seeds, and wild rice seeds, whereas the transgenic shipments included unhulled seeds,
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dehulled seeds, polished Golden Rice, and milled Golden Rice. Fifty-five phytosanitary certificates covering 36,066 seedlots (915 kg) were also issued to INGER-PBGB for their nursery seed distribution to 29 coun-tries worldwide (SHU Table 5). By region, East Asia received the most shipments, 15, while Southeast Asia got the highest number of seedlots, 15,752. The different fungi detected with corresponding affected seedlots and detection levels are shown in SHU Table 6. Routine seed health tests conducted on 3,487 nontreated, outgoing seedlots showed that Curvularia spp. affected 96.4% of the seedlots, followed by Trichoconis padwickii (92.2%), Phoma spp. (80.6%), Nigrospora spp. (49.9%), Sarocladium oryzae (47.7%), Bipolaris oryzae (26.9%), Fusar-ium moniliforme (24.4%), Microdochium oryzae (17.5%), Tilletia barclayana (10.1%), Pyricularia oryzae (1.7%), and Aphelenchoides besseyi (0.6%). All exported rice seeds were cleaned for objects of quarantine importance and their health status tested. These were treated using standard ASEAN seed treatment methods—hot water 52―57 °C/15 min. This was followed by fungicide slurry treatment with benomyl and mancozeb, both at 0.1% by seed weight, except for countries that do not allow seed treatment. Fumigation with phosphine was also administered to all outgoing seeds.
Advance testing for TTC-gRC seeds
The health status of 5,323 GRC seedlots was as-sessed before storage. The different fungi detected with corresponding detection level and number of affected seedlots are shown in SHU Table 7. Routine seed health testing of 3,360 nontreated seedlots
revealed that Curvularia spp. affected 100% of the seedlots, followed by T. padwickii, 88.1%; Phoma spp., 75.9%; Nigrospora spp., 69.2%; B. oryzae, 22.2%; S. oryzae, 11.0%; F. moniliforme, 5.6%; A. besseyi; 3.3%, M. oryzae; 0.5%, P. oryzae, 0.2%; and T. barclayana, 0.03%.
Post-entry clearance
Eighty-one incoming nontransgenic seed shipments (14,090 seedlots weighing 1,341 kg) from 26 coun-tries were also processed for post-entry clearance from January to December (SHU Table 8). By region, South Asia had the highest total number of ship-ments (21), while East Asia registered the highest total number of seedlots (6,171). In addition, five incoming transgenic seed shipments from five coun-tries were also processed through the SHU for post-entry clearance (SHU Table 9). The highest number of seedlots came from Oceania (590). The nature of incoming shipments and origin with corresponding total number of shipments, total number of seedlots, and total weight are shown in SHU Table 10. Non-transgenic rice seeds comprised the highest incom-ing shipments in terms of total number of shipments (65) and total number of seedlots (13,831), weighing 1,075 kg. The consignees of these seed shipments are shown in SHU Table 11. PBGB received 68 shipments (7,027 seedlots weighing 666 kg), which included four shipments of transgenic rice seeds (187 seedlots weighing 12 kg). The TTC-GRC got seven shipments of nontransgenic rice seeds covering 5,083 seedlots and weighing 596 kg; the C4 Rice Center received five incoming shipments (2,376 seedlots weighing 6 kg), which included one shipment of transgenic
rice seeds (590 seedlots weighing 0.6 kg); GQNC received four shipments of rice flour and rice seeds (379 seedlots weighing 70 kg); and CESD received two incoming shipments of rice seeds (2 seedlots weighing 15 kg). A post-entry examination conducted on 3,844 incoming seedlots showed that, of the visually inspected seedlots, none were contaminated with weed seeds, damaged by insects, or had soil par-ticles. In terms of general quality, 3,456 seedlots (89.9%) were under category 3 (SHU Table 12). Seed health tests on 338 incoming, nontreated seedlots showed that T. padwickii affected 85.2% of the seedlots, followed by Curvularia spp., 80.2%; Phoma spp., 41.4%; S. oryzae, 39.1%; T. barclaya-na, 30.5%; Nigrospora spp., 29.9%; F. moniliforme, 25.2%; M. oryzae, 24.9%; B. oryzae, 24.0%; P. oryzae, 2.01%; and A. besseyi, 0.60% (SHU Table 13). The prescribed ASEAN standard treatments were applied to all incoming seeds. material Transfer Agreements
The different types of MTA for outgoing (exported) and incoming (imported) transgenic and nontrans-genic rice seeds/grains are shown in SHU Tables 14a and 14b, respectively. There were 744 various MTAs issued for 677 outgoing (exported) shipments cover-ing 126,267 seedlots (3,574 kg). Of these, 702 were standard MTAs issued for 616 shipments covering 113,668 seedlots (2,964 kg). On the other hand, 86 various MTAs were received for 86 shipments of rice seeds covering 14,867 seedlots (1,353 kg). Forty-one incoming shipments covering 7,802 seedlots (937 kg) were accompanied by a standard MTA.
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Crop health inspection
Crop health inspections were conducted on post-entry quarantine areas and GRC, PBGB, CESD, and GQNPC seed multiplication plots during the 2011 dry and wet seasons at three different crop stages. SHU Table 15 shows the different diseases observed on the seeds with the corresponding percentage of prevalence. Among incoming materials planted during the dry and wet seasons, no disease was observed at the seedling stage. During the dry sea-son, the most prevalent disease observed at tillering and maturity stages was tungro, 3.0% and 3.8%, respectively. This was also true in both stages during the wet season; tungro prevalence was 23.3% and 20.5%, respectively. On the other hand, no seedling-stage disease was observed on materials planted in multiplica-tion plots during the dry season. The most preva-lent disease observed at tillering was bacterial leaf streak (0.9%); at maturity, the most prevalent was false smut (1.1%). During the wet season, the most prevalent disease of the seedlings was bakanae (0.1%). The most prevalent wet-season disease was bacterial leaf streak: 9.3% during tillering and 7.7% at maturity.
Nonseed biological materials and soil samples
Outgoing (exported)Through SHU, a total of 119 shipments covering 17,356 various nontransgenic samples were pro-cessed for phytosanitary certification and sent to 24 countries worldwide (SHU Table 16). By region, East Asia received 19 shipments covering 6,949 samples; Europe and Central Asia, 40 shipments covering 4,390 samples; Latin America, 1 shipment covering
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200 samples; North America, 20 shipments cover-ing 2,830 samples; Oceania, 7 shipments covering 1,296 samples; South Asia, 7 shipments covering 390 samples; Southeast Asia, 20 shipments cover-ing 1,250 samples; sub-Saharan Africa, 2 shipments covering 2 samples, and West Asia and North Africa, 1 shipment covering 43 samples. In addition, a total of 16 shipments covering 670 various transgenic samples were processed for phytosanitary certification and sent to 8 countries worldwide (SHU Table 17). By region, East Asia got 3 shipments covering 22 samples; Europe and Cen-tral Asia, 6 shipments covering 402 samples; North America, 5 shipments covering 169 samples; and Oceania, 2 shipments covering 77 samples. SHU Table 18 shows the sources and total num-ber of transgenic and nontransgenic NSBM and soil sample shipments exported by IRRI. The nature and corresponding number of samples sent by different organizational units are also shown in this table. The C4 Rice Center sent 28 shipments covering 1,790 samples; CESD sent 27 shipments covering 4,382 samples; TTC-GRC sent 6 shipments covering 6,157 samples; and PBGB sent 74 shipments covering 5,697 samples.
Incoming (imported)Forty-eight shipments (covering 11,501 samples) coming from eight regions were also processed for post-entry clearance (SHU Table 19). The nature of incoming materials with corresponding total number of shipments and total number of samples are also shown in this table. The highest number of shipments came from Europe and Central Asia with 19, while the highest number of samples came from Southeast
Asia with 7,820. The highest number of samples was nontransgenic rice leaves with 5,480 samples sent by Vietnam, followed by transgenic rice leaves (dead) with 2,470 samples sent by Taiwan. The recipients of these incoming materials were ASL with 9 shipments covering 33 samples; C4 Rice Center with 12 shipments covering 2,668 samples; CESD with 8 shipments covering 1,382 samples; and PBGB with 19 shipments covering 7,418 samples (SHU Table 20).
Monitoring of disposal and movement of transgenicsPart of SHU’s responsibility is to coordinate with dif-ferent organizational units and assist plant quaran-tine service officers in monitoring the disposal and movement of transgenic materials. SHU Table 21 shows the sources and nature of disposals, while SHU Table 22 shows the sources and nature of movements.
Workshops, training courses, and visitors
SHU also participated in the following activities coordinated by the Training Center and/or National Program Relations: 1) orientation of OJTs, postdoc-toral fellows, MS and PhD research scholars, and interns from different organizational units; and 2) training workshops such as the Rice Production Course with 28 participants from different countries, Rice Research for African participants, Season-Long Training of Trainers on Sustainable Rice Production for agricultural workers of Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Quezon provinces, and OJTs from DA-BAR. Visitors included the following: NARES breeders Dr. Zhao Dule and Mr. Then Rathmuny (Cambodia), Dr. Ashu-
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tosh Kumar Mall and Dr. Rupinder Kaur (India), and Mr.RambaranYadav(Nepal);KoreanvisitorsfromRDA:Dr.Young-AhJeon,Ms.JeongHyePark,Dr.Seo-Jun Park, Mr. Mi-Na Park, and Dr. Hyun-Hu Park;
Mr. Kelan Evans and Ms. Wilhelmina Santos-Ousley, United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, International Ser-vice, Manila; and students from Central Luzon State
University, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, and UP Los Baños, College, Laguna.
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Summary of financial support to IRRI’s research agenda in 2011 and 2010 (US$000)
2011 2010
Asian Development Bank 1,537 871
Australia 5,158 2,866
Bangladesh 100
Bayer CropScience AG 237 88
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 18,967 16,838
Canada
Canadian International Development Agency 74 1,273
Challenge Programs
Generation 1,209 1,011
HarvestPlus 285 1,047
Water and Food 975 88
China 169 223
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1,376 1,245
CGIAR Centers and Consortium
Africa Rice Center 88 13
Bioversity International 2 68
CGIAR/System-wide Genetic Resources Programme/
Special Program Impact Assessment 46
CGIAR Fund Windows 1 & 2a 35,653
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas 23
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 459 331
International Food Policy Research Institute 93 88
Cornell University 150 292
European Commission 1,401 1,526
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 95 35
France 275 491
Germany
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation 614 612
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation/German Agency for Technical Cooperation 993 476
Global Crop Diversity Trust 232 271
2011 2010
Grand Challenges in Global Health through Albert - Ludwigs University of Friedburg
241 389
Hybrid Rice Research and Development Consortium 443 324
India 309 479
Indonesia 45
International Atomic Energy Association 1
International Fertilizer Industry Association, International Plant
Nutrition Institute, International Potash Institute 106 122
International Fund for Agricultural Development 1,488 997
Iran 31 48
Japan 5,197 5,681
Kellogg Foundation 45 50
Korea 823 824
Malaysia 7 14
Norway 409
Nunhems BV 5 5
Philippines 752 562
Pioneer Hi-Bred International 191 234
Plan International Cambodia 6
Portugal 115 169
Rockefeller Foundation 382 929
Sweden 547
Switzerland 1,232 2,001
Syngenta 209 93
Thailand 50 80
Turkey 14
United Kingdom 71 2,533
United States of America 4,908 6,738
Vietnam 89 70
World Bank 71 2,766
World Vision, Inc. 62 93
Others 1,102 742
Totala 88,030 56,828
Financial Support From DonorS
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aThe CGIAR Fund Window contribution includes $12,316,000 that was spent by AfricaRice and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture for carrying out Global Rice Science Partnership activities.
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Australian Centre For International Agricultural Research
• Rice-based systems in Ayeyarwaddy delta project in Burma (DRPC2011-06), 12/02/2011-12/09/2011
• Climate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: adaptation of rice-based cropping systems (CLUES), (DRPC2010-02), 03/01/2011-02/28/2015
AfricaRice Center
• RIDEV model development at IRRI: on-the-job training of Ms. Cecile Julia (DRPC2011-122), 09/21/2011-03/31/2012
• Measuring and assessing the impacts of crop genetic improvement in Africa: the case of pearl millet, rice, and sorghum (funded by BMGF) (DRPC2011-53), 04/26/2011-12/31/2012
Asian Institute of Technology Center in Vietnam
• International Trade Environment for Rice (DRPC2011-116), 11/02/2011-11/04/2011
Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization
• Phenotyping and genotyping of Iranian rice germplasm (Iran-IRRI Collaborative Project) (DRPC2011-22), 01/01/2011-12/31/2013
• Producing salt-tolerant rice genotypes using molecular breeding approaches to enhance rice productivity in salt-affected paddy fields of Iran
• Development of high-yielding rice varieties with ‘Sadri’ quality (Iran-IRRI Collaborative Project) (DRPC2011-26), 01/01/2011-12/31/2013
• Identification and application of resistance sources to improve rice resistance to sheath blight disease (Iran-IRRI Collaborative Project) (DRPC2011-27), 01/01/2011-12/31/2011
• Site-specific management in irrigated rice system in north of Iran (Iran-IRRI Collaborative Project), (DRPC2011-28), 01/01/2011-12/31/2013
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) (Phase 2) (DRPC2010-73), 03/19/2011-02/28/2014
Bundesministerium fur Wirtshaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
• Molecular breeding for tolerance to flooding during germination for improved direct-seeded rice systems (Postdoc Grant – Dr. Tobias Kretzchmar) (DPPC2009-138), 01/01/2011-12/31/2013
• From QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa (BMZ Large Grant) (DRPC2010-04), 01/01/2011-12/31/2013
• Facilitating interdisciplinary on-farm research on carbon, nitrogen, and water budgets in rice-dominated landscapes (DRPC2010-90), 05/01/2011-04/30/2013
Canadian International Development Agency
• The photosynthetic significance of lobing in rice leaf cells: a research program to guide breeding and genetic engineering for improved rice yields (DRPC2011-05), 03/28/2011-03/27/2014
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture)
• CGIAR research program: climate change, agriculture and food security (CCAFS) (DRPC2011-117), 01/01/2011-12/31/2015
• Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (French Agricultural Centre for International Development)
• Assessment tools for climate change impact on rice (DRPC2011-155), 12/12/2011-08/31/2014
CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food
• Project G2: productive, profitable, and resilient agriculture and aquaculture systems (DRPC2010-119), 04/30/2011-04/30/2014
• Implementing community-level water management in coastal Bangladesh–a case study in polder 30 (DRPC2011-123), 11/01/2011-06/30/2013
• An integrated approach to improving plant biomass production (funded by NIFA/DOE), (DRPC2011-29), 08/15/2011-08/14/2013
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Technical advice to countries on strategies/policies for sustainable rice production intensification in different agroecological and socioeconomic conditions (DRPC2011-03), 03/01/2011-08/31/2011
Global Crop Diversity Trust
• Enhancing utilization of crop wild relatives: capturing genetic value from ancestral populations of wild rice (DRPC2011-106), 12/01/2011-05/31/2015
Generation Challenge Programme: Cultivating Plant Diversity for the Resource-Poor
• Dissemination and community of practice for newly developed drought-tolerant QTLs pyramided breeding lines (DRPC2011-82), 07/01/2011-06/30/2014
• Research to sharpen the climate change focus in relation to the research being conducted under the Global Gates Futures project (supported by the CRP7 - Climate Change) (DRPC2011-162), 10/01/2011-01/30/2012
Illumina Inc. Asia Pacific
• The Illumina ‘Agricultural Greater Good Initiative’ (DRPC2011-12), 01/18/2011-12/31/2011
International Seed Testing Association
• Consultancy of Dr. Hay as SST chief editor (DRPC2011-138), 10/14/2011-
International Water Management Institute
• Database generation for INGER international rice trials conducted in South Asia, 2005-2009 (funded by the University of Copenhagen) (DRPC2010-138), 04/01/2011-11/30/2011
Japan International Cooperation Agency
• Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques (for African Countries) Training Program (DRPC2011-125), 10/25/2011-11/17/2011
• Season-long Farming Extension Training (DPPC2009-28), 05/18/2011-03/31/2012
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
• Impact of local climatic conditions on rice spikelet fertility and grain quality in hot and vulnerable regions of India (DRPC2011-103), 09/01/2011-02/28/2012
• Genetics and breeding studies on agronomic traits adapted to rainfed lowland in rice (Japan-CGIAR Fellowship 2011 - Dr. Daisuke Fujita) (DRPC2011-110), 09/18/2011-03/07/2012
• Genomics for agricultural innovation (Development of abiotic stress-tolerant crops by DREB genes); Transformation of lowland rice and evaluation of tranformed rice for environement stress tolerance (DRPC2011-32), 04/15/2011-03/01/2012
Liang Wengen
• Support for four African students to the Rice: Research to Production Course (DRPC2011-45), 05/16/2011-06/03/2011
Liang Xinjun
• Support for four African students to the Rice: Research to Production Course (DRPC2011-45), 05/16/2011-06/03/2011
Liangsheng Liang
• Support for four African students to the Rice: Research to Production Course (DRPC2011-45), 05/16/2011-06/03/2011
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George Chung Hang Liang
• Support for four African students to the Rice: Research to Production Course (DRPC2011-45), 05/16/2011-06/03/2011
Mars Incorporated
• Grain Quality Breeding Program (DRPC2011-179), 12/01/2011-
Rural Development Administration
• Collaboration network for the management of migratory rice planthoppers and associated virus diseases of rice in Asia (AFACI regional project) (DRPC2011-66), 01/01/2011-12/31/2011
SARMAP
• Remote sensing-based information and insurance for crops in emerging economies (RIICE) (funded by SDC) (DRPC2011-16), 09/14/2011-01/31/2015
Seoul National University
• Development of new rice varieties through identification of useful genes and molecular breeding (DRPC2011-112), 05/01/2011-12/31/2014
Centre For Environmental Research
• LEGATO - Land-use intensity and ecological engineering – assessment tools for risks and opportunities in irrigated rice-based production systems (DRPC2010-38), 03/01/2011-02/29/2016
United Nations University
• On-the-job training for basic agronomy through a pot-scale evaluation on nutrient and water use efficiency of high-yielding near-isogenic lines (DRPC2011-139), 11/23/2011-06/15/2012
• On-the-job research capacity building for sustainable agriculture in developing countries in 2011 (DRPC2011-151), 11/23/2011-06/15/2012
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Participation of five DPR Korean scientists in the Rice Breeding Course (DPPC2009-45), 08/10/2011-09/30/2011
United States Agency for International Development
• Cereals Systems Initiative for South Asia (India Mission) (DRPC2010-100), 09/30/2011-09/30/2012
The University of Western Australia
• Introduction of short-duration pulses into rice-based cropping systems in western Bangladesh (funded by ACIAR) (DPPC2009-125), 01/01/2011-12/30/2015
Financial Support From DonorS
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Selected AcronymS
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural ResearchACSS African Crop Science SocietyADB Asian Development BankAfricaRice Africa Rice CenterAIAT Assessment Institute for Agricultural TechnologiesARRRI All-Russian Rice Research InstituteASA American Society of AgronomyASEAN Association of Southeast Asian NationsAWD alternate wetting and drying (technology)BMGF Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBOT Board of TrusteesBPH brown planthopperCAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesCARD Coalition for African Rice DevelopmentCBSS community-based seed systemsCESD Crop and Environmental Sciences DivisionCIAT International Center for Tropical AgricultureCIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterCIRAD Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développementCLUES Climate Change Affecting Land Use in the Mekong DeltaCPS Communication and Publications ServicesCRP Consortium Research ProgramCRRI Central Rice Research InstituteCSB community seed banksCSISA Cereal Systems Initiative for South AsiaCTU Can Tho University
CURE Consortium for Unfavorable Rice EnvironmentsCVP Cyber Village ProjectDA Department of Agriculture (Philippines)DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam)DDG-R Deputy Director General for Research DFID Department for International DevelopmentDG Director GeneralDRR Directorate of Rice Research (India) ES Experiment Station ESA East and Southern Africa FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationFBD flat-bed dryerFHS Food and Housing Services GAP good agricultural practices GIZ German International CooperationGQNPC Grain Quality, Nutrition, and Postharvest Center GRC Genetic Resources Center GRiSP Global Rice Science Partnership GSR Green Super RiceHKI Helen Keller International HRDC Hybrid Rice Research and Development ConsortiumIAARD Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Re- search and DevelopmentIAPPS International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICFORD Indonesian Center for Food and Crops Research and DevelopmentICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentICIS International Crop Information SystemICON Impact on Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water BudgetICRR Indonesian Center for Rice ResearchIFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
INQR International Network for Quality RiceIRRC Irrigated Rice Research Consortium IRS internationally recruited staffJICA Japan International Cooperation AgencyJIRCAS Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences LOA letter of agreement MAGIC multiparent advanced generation intercrossMOU memorandum of understandingNARC Nepal Agricultural Research Council NARES national agricultural research and extension system NASC National Agricultural Science CentreNEST Neighborhood Emergency Services TeamNGO nongovernment organization NMRice Nutrient Manager for Rice NRS nationally recruited staffPBGB Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology (Division) PCAARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and DevelopmentPhilRice Philippine Rice Research Institute RDA Rural Development Academy (Bangladesh)RDA Rural Development Administration (Korea)RSSP Rice Self-Sufficiency ProgramSHU Seed Health Unit SRP Sustainable Rice PlatformSSD Social Sciences Division STRASA Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South AsiaSVPUA&T Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and TechnologyTC Training Center TRRC Temperate Rice Research ConsortiumUNEP United Nations Environment ProgrammeUNL University of Nebraska-Lincoln
UPLB University of the Philippines Los Baños
Selected acronyms
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Journal papers
Akinwale MG, Gregorio GB, Nwilene F, Akinyele BO, Ogunbayo SA, Odiyi AC, Shittu A. 2011. Comparative performance of lowland hybrids and inbred rice varieties in Nigeria. Int. J. Plant Breed. Genet. 5: 224-234.
Akinwale MG, Gregorio GB, Nwilene F, Akinyele BO, Ogunbayo SA, Odiyi AC. 2011. Heritability and correlation coefficient analysis for yield and its components in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Afr. J. Plant Sci. 3: 207-212.
Alam R, Rahman MS, Seraj ZI, Thomson MJ, Ismail AM, Tumimbang-Raiz E, Gregorio GB. 2011. Investigation of seedling-stage salinity tolerance QTLs using backcross lines derived from Oryza sativa L. Pokkali. Plant Breed. 130: 430-437.
Alberto MCR, Wassmann R, Hirano T, Miyata A, Hatano R, Kumar A, Padre A, Amante M. 2011. Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and aerobic rice fields in the Philippines. Agric. Water Manage. 98: 1417-1430.
Araya M, De Waele D. 2011. Reaction of six Musa genotypes to root parasitic nematodes. Int. J. Pest Manage. 57: 229-238.
Arif M, Zaidi NW, Pani DR, Singh US. 2011. PCR-based identification and characterization of Fusarium sp. associated with mango malformation. Biotechnol. Res. Int. 6 p. doi:10.4061/2011/141649.
Ayliffe M, De Villa R, Mago R, White R, Talbot M, Pryor A, Leung H. 2011. Nonhost resistance of rice to rust pathogens. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 24(10): 1143-1155.
Ayliffe M, Jin Y, Kang Z, Persson M, Steffenson BJ, Wang S, Leung H. 2011. Determining the basis of nonhost resistance in rice to cereal rusts. Euphytica 179: 33-40.
Balwinder-Singh, Eberbach PL, Humphreys E, Kukal SS. 2011. The effect of rice straw mulch on evapotranspiration, transpiration, and soil evaporation of irrigated wheat in Punjab, India. Agric. Water Manage 98: 1857-1865.
Balwinder-Singh, Gaydon DS, Humphreys E, Eberbach PL. 2011. The effects of mulch and irrigation management on wheat in Punjab, India—evaluation of the APSIM model. Field Crops Res. 124: 1-13.
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys E, Eberbach PL, Katupitiya A, Yadvinder-Singh, Kukal SS. 2011. Wheat growth, yield, and water productivity as affected by rice straw mulch and irrigation. Field Crops Res. 121: 209-225.
Barrion AT, Barrion-Dupo AL, Villareal SS, Cai Ducheng. 2011. Tetragnatha heongi, a new species of long-jawed orb spider (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Tetragnathinae) from Hainan Island, China. Asia Life Sci. 20(2): 385-394.
Bimpong IK, Chin JH, Ramos J, Koh HJ. 2011. Application of subspecies-specific marker system identified from O. sativa to O. glaberrima accessions and O. sativa x O. glaberrima F1
interspecific progenies. Int. J. Biotechnol. Mol. Biol. Res. 2(1): 1-22.
Bimpong IK, Serraj R, Chin JH, Ramos J, Mendoza EMT, Hernandez J, Mendioro MS. 2011. Determination of genetic variability for physiological traits related to drought tolerance in African rice (Oryza glaberrima). J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci. 3(4): 60-67.
Bimpong IK, Serraj R, Chin JH, Ramos J, Mendoza EMT, Hernandez J, Mendioro MS, Brar DS. 2011. Identification of QTLs for drought-related traits in alien introgression lines derived from crosses of rice (Oryza sativa cv IR64) x O. glaberrima under lowland drought stress. J. Plant Biol. 54(4): 237-250.
Bogdanove AJ, Koebnik R, Lu H, Furutani A, Angiuoli S, Patil P, Van Sluys MA, Ryan RP, Meyer D, Han SW, Aparna G, Rajaram M, Delcher A, Phillippy A, Puiu D, Schatz M, Shumway M, Sommer D, Trapnell D, Benahmed F, Dimitrov G, Madupu R, Radune D, Sullivan S, Jha G, Ishihara H, Lee SW, Pandey A, Sharma V, Sriariyanun M, Szurek B, Vera-Cruz C, Dorman K, Ronald P, Verdier V, Dow J, Sonti R, Tsuge S, Brendel V, Rabinowicz P, Leach JE, White F, Salzberg S. 2011. Two new complete genome sequences offer insight into host and tissue specificity of plant pathogenic Xanthomonas spp. J. Bacteriol. 193(19): 5450-5464.
Bolfrey-Arku GEK, Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Seed germination ecology of itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis). Weed Sci. 59: 182-187.
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Boling AA, Bouman BAM, Tuong TP, Konboon Y, Harnpichitvitaya DD. 2011. Yield gap analysis and the effect of nitrogen and water on photoperiod-sensitive Jasmine rice in northeast Thailand. NJAS-Wageningen J. Life Sci. 58: 11-19.
Boualaphanh C, Calingacion MN, Cuevas RP, Jothityangkoon D, Sanitchon J, Fitzgerald MA. 2011. Yield and quality of traditional and improved Lao varieties of rice. Sci. Asia 37(2): 89-97.
Boualaphanh C, Daygon VD, Calingacion MN, Sanitchon J, Jothityangkoon D, Mumm R, Hall RD, Fitzgerald MA. 2011. Use of new generation single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping for rapid development of near-isogenic lines in rice. Crop Sci. 51: 2067-2073.
Buchanan GM, Lachmann L, Tegetmeyer C, Oppel S, Nelson A, Flade M. 2011. Identifying the potential wintering sites of the globally threatened aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola using remote sensing. Ostrich 82(2): 81-85.
Butardo VJ, Fitzgerald MA, Bird AR, Gidley MJ, Flanagan BM, Larroque O, Resurreccion AP, Laidlaw HK, Jobling SA, Morell MK, Rahman S. 2011. Impact of down-regulation of stach branching enzyme IIb by artificial microRNA- and hairpin RNA-mediated RNA silencing. J. Exp. Bot. 62(14): 4927-4941.
Cabasan MTN, Kumar A, De Waele D. 2011. Comparison of migration, penetration, development, and reproduction of Meloidogyne graminicola on susceptible and resistant rice genotypes. Nematology doi:10.1163/156854111X602613.
Cairns JE, Impa S, O’Toole JC, Jagadish SVK, Price AH. 2011. Influence of the soil physical environment on rice (Oryza sativa L.) response to drought stress and its implications for drought research. Field Crops Res. 121: 303-310.
Calingacion MN, Boualaphanh C, Daygon VD, Anacleto R, Sackville Hamilton R, Biais B, Deborde C, Maucourt M, Moing A, Mumm R, de Vos RCH, Erban A, Kopka J, Hansen TH, Laursen KH, Schjoerring JK, Hall RD, Fitzgerald MA. 2011. A genomics and multi-platform metabolomics approach to identify new traits of rice quality in traditional and improved varieties. Metabolomics doi:10.1007/s11306-011-0374-4.
Carasso V, Hay FR, Probert RJ, Mucciarelli M. 2011. Temperature control of seed germination in Fritillaria tubiformis subsp. moggridgei (Liliaceae), a rare endemic of the South-West Alps. Seed Sci. Res. 21: 33-38.
Chandna P, Khurana ML, Ladha JK, Punia, Mehla RS, Gupta R. 2011. Spatial and seasonal distribution of nitrate-N in groundwater beneath the rice-wheat cropping system of India: a geospatial analysis. Environ. Monit. Assess. 178: 545-562.
Chandna P, Ladha JK, Singh UP, Punia M, Gupta R. 2011. Using remote sensing technologies to enhance resource conservation and agricultural productivity in underutilized lands of South Asia. Appl. Geogr. 32: 757-765.
Chauhan BS. 2011. Crowfootgrass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) germination and response to herbi-cides in the Philippines. Weed Sci. 59: 512-516.
Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Competitive interactions between weedy rice and cultivated rice as a function of added nitrogen and level of competition. Weed Biol. Manage. 11: 202-209.
Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Ecological studies on Echinochloa crus-galli and the implications for weed management in direct-seeded rice. Crop Prot. 30: 1385-1391.
Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Growth response of direct-seeded rice to oxadiazon and bispyribac-sodium in aerobic and saturated soils. Weed Sci. 59: 119-122.
Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Phenotypic plasticity of Chinese sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis) in competition with seeded rice. Weed Technol. 25: 652-658.
Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Row spacing and weed control timing affect yield of aerobic rice. Field Crop Res. 121: 226-231.
Chauhan BS, Pame ARP, Johnson DE. 2011. Compensatory growth of ludwigia (Ludwigia hyssopifolia) in response to interference of direct-seeded rice. Weed Sci. 59: 177-181.
Chauhan BS, Singh VP, Kumar A, Johnson DE. 2011. Relations of rice seeding rates to crop and weed growth in aerobic rice. Field Crop Res. 121: 105-115.
Chen H, He H, Zou Y, Chen W, Yu R, Liu X, Yang Y, Gao YM, Xu JL, Fan LM, Li Y, Li ZK, Deng XW. 2011. Development and application of a set of breeder-friendly SNP markers for genetic analyses and molecular breeding of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 123: 869-879.
Chen M, Ali J, Fu B, Xu J, Zhao M, Jiang Y, Zhu L, Shi, Y, Yao D, Gao Y, Li ZK. 2011. Detection of drought-related loci in rice at reproductive stage using selected introgressed lines. Agric. Sci. Chin.10: 1-8.
Chen YH, Bernal CC, Tan J, Horgan FG, Fitzgerald MA. 2011. Planthopper ‘adaptation’ to resistant rice varieties: changes in amino acid composition over time. J. Insect Physiol. 57: 1375-1384.
Cheng L, Wang Y, Meng L, Hu X, Cui Y, Sun Y, Zhu L, Ali J, Xu JL, Li ZK. 2011. Identification of salt-tolerant QTLs with strong genetic background effect using two sets of reciprocal introgression lines in rice. Genome doi: 10.1139/g11-075.
Chin JH, Chu SH, Jiang WZ, Basyirin R, Brar DS, Koh HJ. 2011. Identification of QTLs for hybrid fertility in inter-subspecific crosses of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genet. Genom. 33: 39-48.
Chin JH, Gamuyao R, Dalid C, Bustamam M, Prasetiyono J, Moeljopawiro S, Wissuwa M, Heuer S. 2011. Developing rice with high yield under phosphorus deficiency: Pup1 sequence to application. Plant Physiol. 156: 1202-1216.
Cochrane A, Daws MI, Hay FR. 2011. Seed-based approach for identifying flora at risk from climate warming. Austr. Ecol. 36: 923-935.
Courtney EJ, Makay J, Mauleon R, Stephens J, McNally KL, Bush DR, Leung H, Leach JE. 2011. Genetic variation in biomass traits among 20 diverse rice varieties. Plant Physiol. 155: 157-168.
Craufurd PQ, Vadez V, Jagadish SVK, Prasad PVV, Zaman-Allah M. 2011. Crop science experiments designed to inform crop modeling. Agric. For. Meteorol. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.09.003.
Crisostomo S, Hay FR, Reaño R, Borromeo T. 2011. Are the standards for genebank drying conditions optimal for rice seed quality? Seed Sci. Technol. 39: 666-672.
Cruz AP, Arriza A, Heong KL, Horgan FG. 2011. Aspects of brown planthopper adaptation to resistant rice varieties with the Bph3 gene. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 1-13.
Cui J, Chen B, Shi Y, Zhang R, Wang H, Qian Y, Liu H, Zhu L, Li ZK, Gao Y. 2011. Genetic diversity of involved varieties and improvement of elite restorer of indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) using backcross introgression. Mol. Plant Breed. 25(2): 1-7.
Daniel de B, Richeter, Ladha JK. 2011. Human-soil relations are changing rapidly: proposals from SSSA’s Cross-Divisional Soil Change Working Group. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 75: 1-15.
Das K, Zhao D, De Waele D, Kumar ST, Kumar R, Shrivastava D, Kumar A. 2011. Reactions of traditional upland and aerobic rice genotypes to rice root knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola). J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci. 3: 131-137.
Demir I, Kenanoglu BB, Hay FR, Mavi K, Celikko T. 2011. Determination of seed moisture constants (KE, CW) for the viability equation for watermelon, melon, and cucumber seeds. Seed Sci. Technol. 39: 527-532.
Dramé KN, Sanchez I, Gregorio GB, Ndjiondjop M-N. 2011. Suitability of a selected set of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for multiplexing and rapid molecular characterization of African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) Afr. J. Biotechnol. 10: 6675-6685.
Ella ES, Dionisio-Sese ML, Ismail AM. 2011. Application of silica at sowing affects growth and survival of rice following submergence. Philipp. J. Crop Sci. 36(2): 20-30.
Ella ES, Dionisio-Sese ML, Ismail AM. 2011. Seed pretreatment in rice reduces damage, enhances carbohydrate mobilization and improves emergence and seedling establishment under flooded conditions. Ann. Bot. Plants (online publication, first published online 18 Feb 2011 doi:10.1093/aobpla/plr007
Fengtong W, Hongbin T, Shan L, Bouman BAM, Limeng Z, Pu W, Dittert K. 2011. Rate and duration of grain filling of aerobic rice HD297 and their influence on grain yield under different growing conditions. Sci. Asia 37: 98-104.
Fitzgerald MA, Rahman S, Resurreccion AP, Concepcion J, Daygon VD, Dipti SS, Kabir KA, Klinger B, Morell MK, Bird AR. 2011. Identification of a major genetic determinant of glycaemic index in rice. Rice 4: 66-74.
Flor RJB, Singleton GR. 2011.Can media campaign messages influence change towards ecologically based rodent management? Wildlife Res. 38: 579-587.
Fujita D, Santos RE, Ebron LA, Fukuta Y, Kobayashi N. 2011. Characterization of QTLs for days to heading in near-isogenic lines with genetic background of Indica-type rice variety IR64 (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Breed. 130: 526-532.
Gaihre YK, Tirol-Padre A, Wassmann R, Aquino E, Pangga GV, Sta. Cruz PC. 2011. Spatial and temporal variations in methane fluxes from irrigated lowland rice fields. Philipp. Agric. Sci. 94 (4): 335-342.
Gao XQ, Xie XW, Wang L, Xu MR, Shi YR, Gao YM, Zhu LH, Zhou YL, Li ZK. 2011. Development of introgression lines and identification of QTLs for resistance to sheath blight. Acta Agron. Sin. 37(9): 1159-1168.
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Garrett KA, Forbes GA, Savary S, Skelsey P, Sparks AH, Valdivia C, Van Bruggen AHC, Willocquet L, Djurle A, Duveiller E, Eckersten H, Pande S, Vera Cruz C, Yuen J. 2011. Complexity in climate-change impacts: an analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease. Plant Pathol. 60: 15-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02409.x
Gathala MK, Ladha JK, Kumar V, Saharawat YS, Kumar V, Sharma PK. 2011. Effect of tillage and crop establishment methods on physical properties of a medium-textured soil under a 7-year rice-wheat rotation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75: 1851-1862.
Gathala MK, Ladha JK, Kumar V, Saharawat YS, Kumar Vi, Sharma PK, Sharma S, Pathak H. 2011. Tillage and crop establishment affect sustainability of South Asian rice-wheat system. Agron. J. 109: 961-971.
Gaur VS, Singh US, Gupta AK, Kumar A. 2011. Understanding the differential nitrogen-sensing mechanism in rice genotypes through expression analysis of high- and low-affinity ammonium transporter genes. Mol. Biol. Rep. doi 10.1007/s11033-011-0972-2.
Gaur VS, Singh US, Kumar A. 2011. Transcriptional profiling and in silico analysis of Dof transcription factor gene family for understanding their regulation during seed development of rice Oryza sativa L. Mol. Biol. Rep. 38(4): 2827-2848. doi: 10.1007/s11033-010-0429-z.
Grewal D, Manito C, Bartolome V. 2011. Doubled haploids generated through anther culture from crosses of elite indica and japonica cultivars and/or lines of rice: large scale production, agronomic performance and molecular characterization. Crop Sci. 51: 2544-2553.
Gumma MK, Gauchan D, Nelson A, Pandey S, Rala A. 2011. Temporal changes in rice-growing area and their impact on livelihood over a decade: a case study of Nepal. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 142: 382-392.
Gumma MK, Nelson A, Thenkabail PS, Singh AN. 2011. Mapping rice areas of South Asia using MODIS multi-temporal data. J. Appl. Remote Sensing 5. doi:10.11117/1.3619838.
Gumma MK, Thenkabail PS, Fujii H, Nelson A, Dheeravath V, Busia D, Rala A. 2011. Mapping irrigated areas of Ghana using fusion of 30 m and 250 m resolution remote-sensing data. Remote Sensing 3: 816-835.
Gumma MK, Thenkabail PS, Muralikrishna IV, Velpuri MN, Gangadhararao PT, Dheeravath V, Biradar CM, Acharya NS, Gaur A. 2011. Changes in agricultural cropland areas between a water-surplus year and a water-deficit year impacting food security, determined using MODIS 250 m time-series data and spectral matching techniques, in the Krishna River basin (India). Int. J. Remote Sensing 32: 3495-3520.
Gumma MK, Thenkabail PS, Nelson A. 2011. Mapping irrigated areas using MODIS 250 meter time-series data: a study on Krishna River Basin (India). Water 3: 113-131.
Gumma MK, Van Rooijen D, Nelson A, Thenkabail P, Aakuraju R, Amerasinghe P. 2011. Expansion of urban area and wastewater irrigated rice area in Hyderabad, India. Irrig. Drainage Syst. 25: 135-149.
Gurr GMJ, Liu DMY, Read JLA, Catindig JA, Cheng L, Lan P, Heong KL. 2010. Parasitoids of Asian rice planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) pests and prospects for enhancing biological control
by ecological engineering. Ann. Appl. Biol. 158: 149-176.
Haden VR, Xiang J, Peng S, Bouman BAM, Visperas R, Ketterings QM, Hobbs P, Duxbury JM. 2011. Relative effects of ammonia and nitrite on the germination and early growth of aerobic rice. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174: 292-300.
Haefele SM, Konboon Y, Wongboon W, Amarante S, Maarifat AA, Pfeiffer EM, Knoblauch C. 2011. Effects and fate of black carbon from rice residues in rice-based systems. Field Crop Res.121: 430-440.
Hari R, Singh Y, Saini KS, Kler DS, Timsina J, Humphreys EJ. 2011. Agronomic and economic evaluation of permanent raised beds, no tillage and straw mulching for an irrigated maize-wheat system in northwest India. Exp. Agric. doi:10.1017/S0014479711000809.
Hari Y, Srinivasarao K, Viraktamath VC, Hariprasad AS, Laha GS, Natarajkumar P, Ramesha MS, Neeraja CN, Balachandran SM, Shobha Rani N, Balaji Suresh P, Sujatha K, Manish Pandey K, Ashok Reddy G, Madhav MS, Sundaram RM. 2011. Marker-assisted improvement of a stable restorer line KMR-3R and its derived hybrid KRH2 for bacterial blight resistance and grain quality. Plant Breed. 130: 608-616.
Henry A, Gowda VRP, Torres Ro, McNally KL, Serraj R. 2011. Variation in root system architecture and drought response in rice (Oryza sativa): phenotyping of the OryzaSNP panel in rainfed lowland fields. Field Crops Res. 120(2): 205-214. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2010.10.003.
Herradura LE, Lobres AN, De Waele D, Davide R, Van den Bergh I. 2011. Host response of Southeast Asian Musa genotypes to Radopholus similis. Int. J. Nematol. 21: 225-233.
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Hinds LA, Singleton GR. 2011. Rodent biology and management–who is outsmarting whom? Wildlife Res. 38: 539-540.
Horgan FG. 2011. Effects of leaf damage on oviposition choice in an invasive paropsine beetle. J. Appl. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01634.x.
Horgan FG. 2011. Outbreak of an invasive paropsine beetle in south-west Ireland: preference, performance and damage to Eucalyptus. J. Appl. Entomol. 135: 621-633.
Hu F, Wang D, Zhao X, Zhang T, Sun H, Zhu L, Zhang F, Li L, Li Q, Tao D, Fu B, Li ZK. 2011. Identification of rhizome-specific genes by genome-wide differential expression analysis in Oryza longistaminata. BMC Plant Biol. 11:18.
Hu X, Shi YM, Jia Q, Xu Q, Wang Y, Chen K, Sun Y, Zhu L, Xu J, Li ZK. 2011. Analyses of QTLs for rice panicle and milling quality traits and their interaction with environment. Acta Agron. Sin.37(7): 1175-1185.
Huang QH, Shi YF, Yang Y, Feng BH, Wei YL, Chen J, Baraoidan M, Leung H, Wu JL. 2011. Characterization and genetic analysis of a light- and temperature-sensitive sported leaf leaf mutant in rice (Oryza sativa L.). J. Integr. Plant Biol. 53: 671-681.
Hussain AJ, Ali J, Siddiq EA, Gupta VS, Reddy OUK, Ranjrekar PK. 2011. Mapping of tms8 for temperature sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Breed. doi:10.1111/ j.14390523 .2011.01897.x.
Iftekharuddaula KM, Newaz MA, Salam MA, Ahmed HU, Mahbub MAA, Septiningsih EM, Collard BCY, Sanchez DL, Pamplona AM, Mackill DJ. 2011. Rapid and high-precision marker-assisted
backcrossing to introgress the SUB1 QTL into BR11, the rainfed lowland rice mega variety of Bangladesh. Euphytica 178: 83-97.
Islam MR, Salam MA, Hassan L, Collard BCY, Singh RK, Gregorio GB. 2011. QTL mapping for salinity tolerance at seedling stage in rice. Emir. J. Food Agric. 23: 137-146.
Jagadish SVK, Cairns JE, Kumar A, Somayanda IM, Craufurd PQ. 2011. Does susceptibility to heat stress confound screening for drought tolerance? Funct. Plant Biol. 38: 261-269.
Jagadish SVK, Muthurajan R, Rang ZW, Malo R, Heuer S, Bennett J, Craufurd PQ. 2011. Spikelet proteomic response to combined water deficit and heat stress in rice (Oryza sativa cv. N22). Rice 4: 1-11.
Jahn CE, Mckay JK, Mauleon R, Stephens J, McNally KL, Bush DR, Leung H, Leach JE. 2011. Genetic variation in biomass traits among 20 diverse rice varieties. Plant Physiol. 155(1): 157-168. doi:10.1104/pp.110.165654.
Jena KK. 2010. The species of the genus Oryza and transfer of useful genes from wild species into cultivated rice, O. sativa. Breed Sci. 60: 518-523.
Jena KK, Kim SM, Suh JP, Yang CI, Kim YG. 2011. Identification of cold-tolerant breeding lines by quantitative trait loci associated with cold tolerance in rice. Crop Sci. 51: 1-7.
Jorge MA, Claessens G, Hanson J, Dulloo ME, Goldberg E, Thormann I, Alemayehu S, Gacheru E, Amri A, Benson E, Dumet D, Roux N, Rudebjer P, Sackville Hamilton R, Sanchez I, Sharma S, Taba S, Upadhyaya HD, Van Den Houwe I. 2011. Knowledge sharing on best practices for managing crop genebanks. Agric. Inf. Worldwide 3: 101-106.
Kajisa K, Palanichamy NV. 2011. Potential and limitation of an organic fertilizer-based development strategy: evidence from Tamil Nadu, India, from 1993 to 2003. Agric. Econ. 42: 715-725.
Kajisa K, Payongayong E. 2011. Potential of and constraints to rice Green Revolution in Mozambique: a case study of the Chokwe irrigation scheme. Food Policy 36: 614-625.
Kato Y, Henry A, Fujita D, Katsura K, Kobayashi N, Serraj R. 2011. Physiological characterization of introgression lines derived from an indica rice cultivar, IR64, adapted to drought and water-saving irrigation. Field Crops Res. 123: 130-138.
Kharabian-Masouleh A, Waters DLE, Reinke RF, Henry RJ. 2011. Discovery of polymorphisms in starch-related genes in rice germplasm by amplification of pooled DNA and deeply parallel sequencing. Plant Biotechnol. J. 9(9): 1074-1085.
Knoblauch C, Marifaat AA, Pfeiffer EM, Haefele SM. 2011. Impact of black carbon on trace gas production and turnover in soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 43: 1768-1778.
Koide Y, Leodegario AE, Hiroshi K, Hiroshi T, Telebanco-Yanoria MJ, Kobayashi N, Yokoo M, Maruyama S, Imbe T, Fukuta Y. 2011 A set of near-isogenic lines for blast resistance genes with an Indica-type rainfed lowland elite rice (Oryza sativa L.) genetic background. Field Crops Res. 123: 19-27.
Koide Y, Telebanco-Yanoria MJ, Fujita D, Tagle AG, Fukuta Y, Kobayashi N. 2011. Fine mapping and identification of tightly linked DNA markers of blast resistance gene Pia by using an introgression line. Mol. Breed. 28: 359-366.
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Koide Y, Telebanco-Yanoria MJ, Pena FD, Fukuta Y, Kobayashi N. 2011. Characterization of rice blast isolates by the differential system and their application for mapping a resistance gene, Pi19(t). J. Phytopathol. 159: 85-93.
Kumar V, Ladha JK. 2011. Direct seeding of rice: recent developments and future research needs. Adv. Agron. 111: 297-413.
Kumari M, Chakraborty D, Gathala MK, Pathak H, Dwivedi BS, Tomar RK, Garg RN, Singh R, Ladha JK. 2011. Soil aggregation and associated organic matter fractions as affected by tillage in a rice-wheat rotation in north India. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75: 560-567.
Laborte AG, Maunahan AA, Hijmans RJ. 2011. Opportunities for expanding paddy rice production in Laos: spatial predictive modeling using Random Forest. J. Land Use Sc. doi:10.1080/1747423X.2010.519788.
Ladha JK, Kesava Reddy C, Padre AT, Kessel CV. 2011. Role of nitrogen fertilization in sustaining organic matter in cultivated soils. J. Environ. Qual. 40: 1756-1766.
Lee J, Chauhan BS, Johnson DE. 2011. Germination of freshhorse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum) seeds in response to different environmental factors. Weed Sci. 59: 495-499.
Lee J, Jiang WZ, Qiao Y, Woo MO, Chin JH, Kwon SW, Hong SS, Choi IK, Koh HJ. 2011. Shotgun proteomic analysis for detecting differentially expressed proteins in the reduced culm number of rice. Proteomics 11(3): 455-468.
Li Z-X, Septiningsih EM, Quilloy-Mercado SM, McNally KL, Mackill DJ. 2011. Identification of SUB1A alleles from wild rice Oryza rufipogon Griff. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 58: 1237-1242.
Liu Y, Zhu XY, Zhang S, Bernardo M, Edwards J, Galbraith DW, Leach J, Zhang G, Liu B, Leung H. 2011. Dissecting quantitative resistance against blast disease using heterogeneous inbred family lines in rice. Theor. Appl. Genet. 122: 341-353.
McCouch SR, Zhao K, Wright M, Tung CW, Ebana K, Thomson M, Reynolds A, Wang D, De Clerck G, Ali ML, McClung A, Eizenga G, Bustamante C. 2010. Development of genome-wide SNP assays for rice. Breed. Sci. 60: 524-535.
Mackill DJ, Ismail AM, Pamplona AM, Sanchez DL, Carandang JJ, Septiningsih E. 2010. Stress-tolerant rice varieties for adaptation to a changing climate. Crop Environ. Bioinformatics 7: 250-259.
Mackill D, Ismail AM, Singh US, Labios RV, Paris TR. 2011. Development and rapid adoption of submergence-tolerant (Sub1) rice varieties. Adv. Agron. 115: 299-352.
Mahajan G, Chauhan BS. 2011. Effects of planting pattern and cultivar on weed and crop growth in aerobic rice system. Weed Technol. 25: 521-525.
Mahajan G, Chauhan BS. 2011. Weed management in direct drilled rice. Indian Farming April: 6-9.
Mahajan G, Chauhan BS, Gill MS. 2011b. Optimal nitrogen fertilization timing and rate in dry-seeded rice in northwest India. Agron. J. 103: 1676-1682.
Mahajan G, Timsina J. 2011. Effect of nitrogen rates and weed control methods on weed abundance and yield of direct-seeded rice. Arch. Agron. Soil Sci. 57(3): 239-250.
Mahajan G, Timsina J, Singh K. 2011. Performance and water-use efficiency of rice relative to establishment methods in northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains. J. Crop Improv. 25(5): 597-617.
Mall AKSP, Das S, Singh ON, Kumar A. 2011. Effect of drought on yield and drought susceptibility index for quality characters of promising rice genotypes. Cereal Res. Commun. 39(1): 22–31. doi: 10.1556/CRC.39.2011.1.3.
Mandal D, Baral K, Ghosh DC, Timsina J, Dasgupta MK. 2011. Economic analysis of diversified rotational cropping systems in the lateritic belt of the lower Gangetic plain of eastern India. J. Agric. Sci. Technol. 5(11): 331-341.
Mandal D, Ghosh DC, Baral K, Dasgupta MK, Timsina J. 2011. Weed incidences and their effect on crop productivity under diversified rotational cropping systems in the lateritic belt of the lower Gangetic plain of eastern India. J. Agric. Sci. Technol. 5(12): 511-515.
Manzanilla DO, Paris TR, Vergara GV, Ismail AM, Pandey S, Labios RV, Tatlonghari GT, Acda RD, Chi TTN, Duoangsila K, Siliphouthone I, Manikmas MOA, Mackill DJ. 2011. Submergence risks and farmers’ preferences: implications for breeding Sub1 rice in Southeast Asia. Agric. Syst. 104: 335-347.
Mashela PW, De Waele D, Pofu KM. 2011. Use of indigenous Cucumis technologies as alternative to synthetic nematicides in management of root-knot nematodes in low-input agricultural farming systems: a review. Sci. Res. Essays 6(33): 6762-6768.
Mondoni A, Probert R, Rossi G, Vegini E, Hay FR. 2011. Seeds of alpine plants are short-lived: implications for long-term conservation. Ann. Bot. 107: 171-179.
Morris K, Horgan FG, Downes MJ, Griffin CT. 2011. Effect of temperature on hatch and activity of second-stage juveniles of the root-knot
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nematode, Meloidogyne minor, an emerging pest in northwest Europe. Nematology 13: 985-993.
Moumeni A, Satoh K, Kondoh H, Asano T, Hosaka A, Venuprasad R, Serraj R, Kumar A, Leung H, Kikuchi S. 2011 Comparative analysis of root transcriptome profiles of two pairs of drought-tolerant and -susceptible rice near-isogenic lines under different drought stresses. BMC Plant Biol. 11: 174.
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Negroa S, Almadanim C, Pires I, McNally KL, Oliveira MM. 2011. Use of EcoTILLING to identify natural allelic variants of rice candidate genes involved in salinity tolerance. Plant Genet. Resour.1: 5.
Nelson A, Chomitz KM. 2011. Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: a global analysis using matching methods. PLos ONE 6(8):e22722.doi:1371/journal.pone.0022722.
Palis FP, Singleton GR, Brown PR, Huan NH, Umali C, Nga NTD. 2011. Can humans outsmart rodents?
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Pan Y, Wang W, Zhao X, Zhu L, Fu B, Li ZK. 2011. DNA methylation alterations of rice in response to cold stress. Plant Omics J. 4(7): 364-369.
Paris TR, Diaz C, Iftekhar H. 2011. Participatory evaluation of a rice flour mill by poor rural women: lessons from Bangladesh. Gender Technol. Dev. 15(2): 275-299.
Park H-S, Kim K-Y, Mo Y-J, Choi I-B, Baek M-K, Ha K-Y, Ha W-G, Kang H-J, Shim M-S, Ko J-K. 2011. Characteristics and variation of panicle traits of Korean rice varieties in wet season of the Philippines. Kor. J. Breed. Sci. 43(1): 68-80.
Paterson AH, Li ZK. 2011. Paleo-Green Revolution for rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 10931-10932.
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Pelletier Y, Horgan FG, Pompon J. 2011. Potato resistance to insects. Am. J. Plant Sci. Biotechnol. 5: 37-52.
Peñalver A, Arida A, Heong KL, Horgan FG. 2011. Aspects of brown planthopper adaptation to resistant rice with the Bph3 gene. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 141: 245-257.
Pofu K, Mashela P, De Waele D. 2011. Survival, flowering and productivity of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) cultivars in inter-generic grafting on nematode-resistant Cucumis seedling rootstocks in Meloidogyne-infested fields. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 14(2): 217-222.
Popluechai S, Froissard M, Jolivet P, Breviario D, Gatehouse AMR, O’Donnell A, Chardot T, Kohli A. 2011. Jatropha curcas oil body proteome and oleosins: L-form JcOle3 as a potential phylogenetic marker. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 49: 352-356.
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climate changes on plant diseases in the developing world. Plant Dis. 95(10): 1204-1216.
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Shukla SK, Joshi DC, Srivastava RK, Qureshi MI, Singh US. 2011. Suitability of RAPD and ISSR to complement agro-morphological DUS descriptors for establishing distinctiveness in indigenous local strains of Kalanamak rice (Oryza sativa). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 81(11): 994-1001.
Singh S, Mackill DJ, Ismail AM. 2011. Tolerance of longer term partial stagnant flooding is independent of the SUB1 locus in rice. Field Crops Res. 121: 311-323.
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Sparks AH, Forbes GA, Hijmans RJ, Garrett KA. 2011. A metamodeling framework for extending the application domain of process-based ecological models. Ecosphere 2:art90. doi:10.1890/ES11-00128.1.
Steenkamp S, Jordaan A, McDonald A, De Waele D. 2011. Differential responses of resistant and susceptible groundnut genotypes at cellular level to Ditylenchus africanus. Nematology 13: 177-183.
Stuart AM, Prescott CV, Singleton GR, Joshi RC. 2011. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers on rodent pests and their management in the lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Philippines. Crop Prot. 30: 147-154.
Sudhir-Yadav, Li T, Humphreys E, Gill G, Kukal SS. 2011. Evaluation and application of ORYZA2000 for irrigation scheduling of puddled transplanted rice in northwest India. Field Crops Res. 122: 104-117.
Suh JP, Lee CK, Lee JH, Kim JJ, Kim SM, Cho YC, Park SH, Shin JC, Kim YG, Jena KK. 2011. Identification of quantitative trait loci for seedling cold tolerance using RILs derived from a cross between japonica and tropical japonica rice cultivars. Euphytica doi: 10.1007/s10681-011-0575-y.
Suh JP, Yang SJ, Jeung JU, Pamplona A, Kim JJ, Lee JH, Hong HC, Yang CI, Kim YG, Jena KK. 2011. Development of elite breeding lines conferring Bph18 gene-derived resistance to brown planthopper (BPH) by marker-assisted selection and genome-wide background analysis in japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.). Field Crops Res. 120: 215-222. doi:10.1016/j/fcr.2010.
Swamy BPM, Kaladhar K, Ramesha MS, Viraktamath BC, Sarla N. 2011. Molecular mapping of QTLs for yield and related traits in Oryza sativa cv. Swarna X O.nivara (IRGC81848) backcross population. Sci. Digest-Rice Sci. 18 (2) online.
Swamy BPM, Vikram P, Dixit S, Ahmed HU, Kumar A. 2011. Meta-analysis of grain yield QTL identified during agricultural drought in grasses showed consensus. BMC Genomics 12: 319.
Telebanco-Yanoria MJ, Koide Y, Fukuta Y, Imbe T, Tsunematsu H, Kato H, Ebron LA, Nguyen TMN, Kobayashi N. 2011. A set of near-isogenic lines of Indica-type rice variety CO 39 as differential varieties for blast resistance. Mol. Breed. 27: 357-373.
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Tonini A, Pede VO. 2011. A time-varying stochastic frontier model accounting for spatial dependency: a generalized maximum entropy application measuring productivity. Entropy 13: 1916-1927.
Tran NA, Daygon VD, Cuevas RP, Corpuz HM, Fitzgerald MA. 2011. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the Waxy gene explains a significant component of gel consistency. Theor. Appl. Genet. 123(4): 519-525.
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Truong TTNC, Paris TR, Manzanilla DO, Tatlonghari GT, Labios R, Tuyen TQ, Nguyen TL. 2011. Understanding farmers’ preferences through the participatory varietal selection (PVS) in the flood-prone rice areas of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Omonrice 18: 167-181.
Van Dessel P, Coyne D, Dubois T, De Waele D, Franco J. 2011. In vitro nematicidal effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum against Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus goodeyi and Helicotylenchus multicintus. Nematropica 41: 154-160.
Verdier V, Vera Cruz C, Leach JE. 2011. Controlling rice bacterial blight in Africa: needs and prospects. J. Biotechnol. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.020.
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Weerakoon WMW, Mutunayake MMP, Bandara C, Rao AN, Bhandariand DC, Ladha JK. 2011. Direct-seeded rice culture in Sri Lanka: lessons from farmers. Field Crops Res. 121: 53-63.
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Xu M-R, Vera Cruz CM, Fu B, Zhu L, Zhou Y, Li ZK. 2011. Different patterns of gene expression in rice varieties undergoing a resistant or susceptible interaction with the bacterial leaf streak pathogen. Afr. J. Biotechnol. 10 (65): 14419-14438.
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Zhang Z-H, Liu Q, Song H-X, Rong X-M, Ismail AM. 2011. Responses of contrasting rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes to salt stress as affected by nutrient concentrations. Agric. Sci. Chin. 10: 101-105.
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Zhang Z-H, Liu Q, Song H-X, Rong X-M, Ismail AM. 2011. Responses of different rice genotypes to salt stress and its relation to plant growth, root physiological characteristics and ABA content. Plant Nutr. Fert. Sci. 17(5): 1035-1043.
Zhang Z-H, Liu Q, Song H-X, Rong X-M, Ismail AM. 2011. Responses of different rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes to salt stress and relation to carbohydrate metabolism and chlorophyll content. Afr. J. Agric. Res. 7(1): 19-27.
Zheng T, Yang J, Zhong WG, Zhai HQ, Zhu LH, Ali AJ, Yang JH, Wang J, Zhu JY, Uzokwe VNE, Xu JL, Li ZK. 2011. Novel loci for field resistance to black-streaked dwarf and stripe viruses identified in a set of reciprocal introgression lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Mol Breed. doi: 10.1007/s11032-011-9691-6.
Zheng TQ, Wang Y, Ali AJ, Zhu LH, Sun Y, Zhai HQ, Mei HW, Xu ZJ, Xu JL, Li ZK. 2011. Genetic effects of background-independent loci for grain weight and shape identified using advanced reciprocal introgression lines from Lemont × Teqing in rice. Crop Sci. 51(6): 2525-2534. doi:10.2135/cropsci2011.05.0259.
Zhou YL, Uzokwe VNE, Zhang CH, Cheng LR, Wang L, Chen K, Gao XQ, Sun Y, Chen JJ, Zhu LH, Zhang Q, Ali, J, Xu JL, Li ZK. 2011. Improvement of bacterial blight resistance of hybrid rice in China using the Xa23 gene derived from wild rice (Oryza rufipogon). Crop Prot. 30(6): 637-644.
Books (Monographs)
Gumma MK, Thenkabail PS. 2011. Methods and approaches of irrigated area mapping using remote sensing. KG Dudweiler Landstr.
(Germany): LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. 134 p.
Heong KL, Tan KH, Garcia CPF, Fabellar LT, Lu Z. 2011. Research methods in toxicology and insecticide resistance monitoring of rice planthoppers. Los Banos (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. 101 p.
Palis FG. 2011. Utilizing social capital to facilitate sharing and learning: the impact of social capital in technology sharing and learning on IPM in the Philippines. KG Saarbrucken (Germany): LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GMbH & Co. 236 p.
Paris T, Manzanilla D, Tatlonghari G, Labios R, Cueno A, Villanueva D. 2011. Guide to participatory varietal selection for submergence-tolerant rice. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. 111 p.
Timsina J, Buresh RJ, Dobermann A, Dixon J. 2011. Rice-maize systems in Asia: current situation and potential. Los Banos (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. 235 p.
Book chapters
Brar DS, Virk PS, Jena KK, Khush GS. 2011. Breeding for resistance to planthoppers in rice. In: Genomics and crop improvement: relevance and reservations. Hyderabad (India): Padma Publishers. p 237-255.
Craufurd P, Jagadish SVK, Padgham J. 2011. Impacts of climate change on rainfed agriculture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods. In: Wani SP, Rockstrom J, Sahrawat KL, eds. Integrated watershed management in rainfed agriculture. Florida (USA): CRC Press. p 421-437.
Fischer KS, Fukai S, Kumar A, Leung H, Jongdee B. 2011. Phenotyping rice for adaptation to drought. In: Monneveux P, Ribaut JM, eds. Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice. Mexico: Generation Challenge Programme, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. p 213-244.
Gautam RK, Singh RK, Singh NK, Krishnamurthy SL. 2011. Harnessing genomic tools for improving salt tolerance in rice: prospects and progress. In: Muralidharan K, Siddiq EA, eds. Genomics and crop improvement: relevance and reservations. Hyderabad (India): Institute of Biotechnology, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University. p 299-313.
Impa SM, Nadaradjan S, Jagadish SVK. 2011. Drought stress induced reactive oxygen species and anti-oxidants in plants. In: Ahmad P, Prasad MNV, eds. Abiotic stress responses in plants: metabolism, productivity, and sustainability. New York: Springer. p 131-148.
Ismail AM, Thomson MJ. 2011. Molecular breeding of rice for problem soils. In: de Oliveira AC, Varshney RK, eds. Root genomics. Berlin: Springer. p 289-311.
Lafarge T, Peng S, Hasegawa T, Quick WP, Jagadish SVK, Wassmann R. 2011. Genetic adjustment to changing climates: rice. In: Singh Yadav SS, Redden R, Hatfield JL, Lotze-Campen H, Hall A, eds. Crop adaptation to climate change. New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. p 298-313.
Matthew C, Sackville Hamilton NR. 2011. Analysing persistence of grass swards in terms of tiller birth and death. In: Mercer CF, ed. Pasture persistence symposium. New Zealand: New Zealand Grassland Association. p 63-68.
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Singh US, Zaidi NW, Singh HB. 2011. Use of microbes and host tolerance for abiotic stress management in plants. In: Plant pathology in India: vision 2030. New Delhi (India): Indian Phytopathological Society, Division of Plant Pathology, IARI. p 265-275.
Thenkabail PS, Munir AH, Dheeravath V, Gumma MK. 2011.Global croplands and their water use remote sensing and non-remote sensing perspectives. In: Weng Q, ed. Advances in environmental remote sensing: sensors, algorithms and application. USA: CRC Press. p 383-416.
Conference and workshop papers in proceedings
Ballesfin G, Pede VO, Sparks AH. 2011. Income inequality and economic growth in the Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 48th PAEDA Conference, 20-21 Oct 2011, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys E, Eberbach PL, Katupitiya A. 2011. The partitioning of evapotranspiration by irrigated wheat as affected by rice straw mulch. In: Proceedings of the 5th World Conservation Agriculture Congress, 24-28 Sep 2011, Brisbane, Australia.
Behura D. Pandey S, Velasco ML. 2011. Estimating varietal adoption patterns and investment in rice research in Orissa. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agricultureand Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bhandari H, Chowdhury A, Mohanty S. 2011. Dynamic of rural transformation in two villages in Bangladesh 1988-2010: findings of longitudinal studies.In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agricultureand Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bhandari H, Mohanty S, Deb U, Khanam TS. 2011. Hybrid rice in Bangladesh: current status and prospects. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Biswal A, Oane RH, Raorane ML, Narciso JO, Min A, Enriquez B, Kumar A, Kohli A. 2011. Identification of candidate genes in the large effect QTL DTY12.1 for yield under stress. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, 7-10 Nov 2011, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Cabrera E, Hossain M. 2011. Land use, livelihoods and rice variety diversity in irrigated and rainfed ecosystems in the Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Gauchan D, Emerick-Bool MR, Malabayabas ML, Pandey S. 2011. Adoption pattern of new generation modern rice varieties in stress-prone environments of South Asia. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ghimiray M, Pandey S, Velasco ML. 2011. Estimating the adoption rate of modern rice varieties in Bhutan. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Khong DT, Sumalde ZM, Pede VO, Garcia YT, Bello AK, McKinley JD. 2011. Cost efficiency of resource-conserving technologies in rice-wheat systems: the case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Khong DT, Sumalde ZM, Pede VO, Garcia YT, Bello AL, McKinley JD. 2011. Technical efficiency of resource-conserving technologies in rice-wheat systems: the case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Khong DT, Sumalde ZM, Pede VO, McKinley JD, Garcia YT, Bello AL. 2011. Cost and return analysis of resource-conserving technologies in rice-wheat systems: the case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
McKinley JD, Pede VO, Sparks AH, Duff B. 2011. An economic assessment of the impact of mango pulp weevil on the agricultural sector
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of Palawan, Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 48th PAEDA Conference, 20-21 Oct 2011, Illocos Norte, Philippines.
Malabayabas ML, Gauchan D, Pandey P. 2011. Comparative analysis of rice variety adoption in Eastern India and Central Luzon. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Pandey S. 2011. Tracking the adoption of improved rice varieties: approaches and key results. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Quicho ED, Lampayan RM, Sibayan EB, Flor RJB, Palis FG. 2011. Adoption of alternate wetting and drying technology: the Philippine experience. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Raitzer D, Dobermann A, Virk P, Ismail A, Bouman B, Leung H, Mohanty S, Savary S, Fitzgerald M. 2011. Strategic assessment of international rice research priorities for Asia. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Rao AN, Ladha JK. 2011. Possible approaches for ecological weed management in direct-seeded rice in a changing world. In: Proceedings of
the 23rd Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, 26-29 Sep 2011, Cairns, Australia. p 444-453.
Samoy KC, Ella VB, Lampayan RM, Saludes RB, Villano MG. 2011. Effects of AWD and seedling age on grain yield and water productivity of irrigated lowland rice: an experimental and modeling study. In: Proceedings of the 24th National Rice R&D Conference, 16-18 Mar 2011, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Samoy KC, Lampayan RM, Ramos NR, Sibayan EB. 2011. Effects of alternate wetting and drying technology and seedling age on the physical grain quality of irrigated lowland rice. In: Proceedings of the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines. (Philipp. J. Crop Sci. Soc. 36 (suppl. 1): 97.
Shahe A, Islam MA, Paris T, Cueno A. 2011. Adaptation strategies and coping mechanism against climate change in coastal Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Singh US, Bari MA, Dar MH. 2011. Stress-tolerant rice variety for food security in SAARC countries. In: Proceedings of the Seed Congress and Fair, 10-12 Apr 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p 24-30.
Singh US, Dar MH, Singh S, Bari MA. 2011. Stress-tolerant rice varieties : an adaptation to climate change by enhancing and stabilizing rice productivity under stress. In: Proceedings of the 5th National Seminar on Multi-Sectoral
Innovations for Rural Prosperity, 19-21 May 2011, Karnal, India.
Singleton GR, Bouman BAM 2011. Sustainable development in agriculture: public-private response options for rice. In: Proceedings of the ASEAN Food Security Conference, 18 July 2011, Manila, Philippines.
Singleton GR, Htwe NM, Nelson AD, Brown PR. 2011. Rodent outbreaks and extreme weather events: a Southeast Asian and Australian perspective. In: Proceedings of the 15th Australian Vertebrate Pest Conference, 20-23 Jun 2011, Sydney, Australia.
Singleton G, Pha DN, An NH, Toan NV, Huan NH, Johnson D, Gummert M. 2011. Applying good agricultural practices to increase rice production in the Mekong delta the An Giang model. In: Pham Van Du, ed. Proceedings of the Conference on Pathways to Develop High-quality Rice in Vietnam, Second Rice Festival, 10 Nov 2011. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam): Department of Crop Production. p 436-440.
Tsakirpaloglou N, Raorane M, Trijatmiko KR, Quan Binh NGC, Azanes MD, Biswal AK, Enriquez B, Narciso J, Oane R, Treumann A, Edwards M, Conrad L, Gatehouse A, Sundaresan V, Slamet-Loedin I, Kohli A. 2011. A developmentally upregulated rice germin-like protein: a bifunctional essential gene. In: Proceedings of the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines. (Philipp. J. Crop Sci. 36-S1)
Valencia MS, Moya P, Kajisa K. 2011. Why do non-adopters of AWD use less water as AWD adopters? In: Proceedings of the 7th
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ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Valera GV, Tonini A, Molina I, Fider MJ, Mohanty S. 2011. Effects of global economic slowdown on rice food security in Asia. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Walisinghe BR, Rajapaksa RDDP, Pandey S, Dissanayake DMN, Velasco ML, Perera THCS. 2011. Rice research investments, varietal release and adoption in Sri Lanka. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Wang H, Pandey S. 2011. Economics of improved upland rice variety and its impact in southern Yunnan, China. In: Proceedings of the 7th ASAE International Conference on Meeting the Challenges Facing Asian Agriculture and Agricultural Economics Toward a Sustainable Future, 13-15 Oct 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Zhang F, Xu JL, Gao YM, Yu SB, Fu BY, Ali J, Lee J, Li ZK. 2011. Three genetic systems controlling growth, development and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.)–a reevaluation of the Green Revolution. In: Proceedings of the Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference, 15-19 Jan 2011, San Diego, CA, USA. (Plant Mol. Breed. W432)
Papers presented at conferences and workshops
Argayoso MA, Redoña ED, Ye C, Jagadish K, Dela Viña CB, Diaz GQ, Hernandez JE. 2011. Mapping heat-tolerance quantitative trait loci at the flowering stage in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Bandillo N, Muyco AP, Redoña ED, Gregorio GB, Singh RK, Leung H. 2011. Population development through multiparent advanced generation intercrosses (MAGIC) among diverse rice genotypes to facilitate gene discovery for various traits in rice. Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Beebout SEJ, Rubianes FHC, Castillo OB, Larazo WM, Tuyogon DS. 2011. Water-saving irrigation technique enhances zinc biofortification in rice (Oryza sativa). Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 4-7 Jul 2011, Florence, Italy.
Beebout SEJ, Rubianes FHC, Tuyogon DSJ, Mabesa RC. 2011. Reasons for variation in rice (Oryza sativa) grain zinc response to zinc fertilization. Paper presented at the 3rd International Zinc Symposium, 10-14 Oct 2011, Hyderabad, India.
Cappleman LD, Singson NY, Rebong DB, Bastasa DB, Toledo MCU, Pamplona AM, Solis RS, Padolina TF, Redoña ED. 2011. Towards improving the testing and release of new rice varieties. Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of
the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Casimero D, Singleton GR, Buresh R, Mendoza T. 2011. Last-mile delivery strategies at IRRI: making the most of ICT. Paper presented at the Conference on Information and Communication Management for Agricultural Innovation in Southeast Asia, Sep 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chandna P, Ladha JK, Punia M, Sharma SK, Gangwar B. 2011. Impact of soil and climate on long-term yield trends of rice-rice system in India. In: Abstracts of the ASA/CSSA/SSA annual meetings, 16-19 Oct 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Chi T, Paris T. 2011. Women’s critical roles in ensuring food security in South Vietnam. Paper presented at the workshop on Ensuring a Square Meal: Gender and Food Security in Southeast Asia, 3-4 Aug 2011, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
Fujita D. 2011. Current planthopper problem and research for planthopper resistance in Japan. Paper presented at the Partnership Development Workshop for Enhancing Brown Planthopper Resistance, Nov 2011, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Gathala MK, Kumar Vivak, Kumar Virender, Saharawat YS, Blackwell J, Ladha JK. 2011. Happy Seeder technology: a solution for residue management for sustainability and improved production of the rice-wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. In: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 26-29 Sep 2011, Brisbane, Australia. p 94-95.
Gumma MK, Nelson A, Maunahan A, Islam S. 2011. Spatial-temporal distribution of rice-cropping
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systems using remote sensing techniques. Paper presented at the ESRIUC Conference, 11-15 Jul 2011, San Diego CA, USA.
Gupta V, Chandna P, Kumar K, Ladha JK. 2011. High-resolution refined methane budget estimates from paddy fields of Karnal using remote sensing and GIS. In: Abstracts of the ASA/CSSA/SSA annual meetings, 16-19 Oct 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Gurung K. 2011. Dynamics of gender, equity and household food security in changing rice-based agricultural systems. Paper presented at IFPRI’s brown bag seminar, 5 Aug 2011, IFPRI, Washington, D.C.
Haefele SM, Castillo R, Buresh R. 2011. Nutrient manager for site-specific fertilizer recommendations in rainfed lowland rice: principles and delivery options. Paper presented at the 10th ESAFS Conference, 10-13 Oct 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Haefele SM, Field J, Gummert M, Knoblauch C. 2011. Bioenergy and biochar in rice-based systems: characteristics and opportunities. Abstract and oral presentation at the 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy, 25-30 Apr 2011, Dalian, China.
Htwe NM, Singleton GR, Sluydts V, Hinds LA. 2011. Are rodent population eruptions in Southeast Asia associated with quantity or quality of food? Paper presented at the 8th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference, 29 Sep 2011, Berlin, Germany.
Jagadish SVK, Ishimaru T, Ye C, Heuer S, Redoña E. 2011. Strategies and progress in adapting rice to high temperature stress. Paper presented at the workshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation,’ Oct 2011, Vientiane, Laos.
Ladha JK, Reddy K, Padre A, van Kessel C. 2011. Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers: implications for soil organic matter. In: Abstracts of the ASA/CSSA/SSA annual meetings, 16-19 Oct 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Laik R, Saharawat Y, Singh SS, Ladha JK. 2011. Carbon footprint of crop production due to shift from conventional to conservation agriculture. In: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 26-29 Sep 2011, Brisbane, Australia. p 112-113.
Lampayan RM, Bouman BAM. 2011. Impact pathways: the story of ‘alternate wetting and drying’ water-saving technology. Paper presented at the International Workshop on Alternate Wetting and Drying for Resource Conservation and Reduction of Environmental Pollution, 13-14 Dec 2011, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Laza MA, Redoña ED, Sierra SN, Manigbas, NL. 2011. Breeding cool rice lines for hot climes. Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Leung H, Bandillo N, Muyco PA, Raghavan C, Sevilla A, Lobina I, Dixit S, Thomson M, Mauleon R, Kumar A, Singh RK, Gregorio G, Redoña E. 2011. MAGIC Rice: production, characterization, and its use in breeding networks. Paper presented at the Generation Challenge Program-General Research Meeting Phase II, Sep 2011, Hyderabad, India.
Leung H, Liu Y, Mauleon R, Satoh K. Kikuchi S, Leach J, Yang J, Zhu XY, Zhao J, Zhang S, Liu B. 2011. Dissecting the molecular basis of broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice. Workshop abstract presented at the Plant & Animal Genome XIX
International Conference on the Status of Plant & Animal Genome Research, 15-19 Jan 2011, San Diego, USA.
Leung L, McNally K, Thomson M, Bandillo N, Muyco P, Singh RK, Gregorio G, Redoña E. 2011. Expanding and fine-tuning genetic resources for the discovery of gene functions in rice. Paper presented at the Rice Functional and Comparative Genomics Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, 15-19 Jan 2011, San Diego California, USA.
McKinley JD, Pede VO, Sparks AH, Duff B. 2011. An economic assessment of the impact of mango pulp weevil on the agricultural sector of Palawan, Philippines. Paper presented at the SEARCA Seminar, 11 Oct 2011, Los Baños, Laguna.
McNally K, Hamilton RS. 2011. The challenges of molecular genetics for genebanks. Paper presented at the European PGR meeting hosted by Eucarpia, 5-7 Apr 2011, Wageningen, Netherlands. http://www.epgrc2011.nl/EPGRC2011_program.html.
McNally K, Mauleon R, Detras J, Ulat V, Liang CZ, Schackwitz W, Martin J, Sharma R, Sharma M, Tung CW, Wright M, Leach J, Leung H, Ronald P, McCouch S, McCombie WR. 2011. Progress in building a reference-guided de novo assembly of the indica type IR 64. Paper presented at the Rice SNP Discovery Project Workshop, International Rice Functional Genomics Symposium 9, 7-9 Nov 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. http://www.isrfg9.org/program2.html.
McNally K, Mauleon R, Liang CZ, Hamilton RS, Li ZK, Wang R, Chen HL, Zhang GY, Liang HS, Leung H, Dobermann A, Zeigler R. 2011. The rice 3000 genomes project: sequencing for
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crop improvement. Paper presented at the Functional Genomics for Agriculture session, Sixth International Conference on Genomics, 12-15 Nov 2011, Shenzhen, China; and at the Philippine Society of Career Scientist Symposium hosted by DOST, 23 Nov 2011, Quezon City, Philippines.
Malijan AK, Sevilla AL, Bandillo N, Redoña E. 2011. Combining ability in a full-diallel cross of eight founder lines of a heat-tolerant MAGIC population. Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Mo Y, Redoña E, Ye C, Sierra S. 2011. Relationship between starch synthesis-related gene alleles and starch properties of rice ripened under the high temperature condition. Paper presented at the Korean Society of Breeding Science Symposium on Plant Breeding Strategy to Prepare for Climate Change, July 2011, Muju, Jeonbuk, South Korea.
Mohanty S. 2011. Futures markets and risk management. Paper presented at the World Rice Conference, 19-21 Oct 2011, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Moore G, Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. The CGIAR: mobilizing PGRFA for the benefit of developing countries. Paper presented at the 4th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 13 Mar 2011, Bali, Indonesia.
Mussgnug F, Castillo R, Ndiaye MK, Buresh R, Haefele SM. 2011. Nutrient Manager for Rice (NMRice): the development of an ICT-based tool for site-specific nutrient management of lowland rice in West Africa. Paper presented at the Tropentag, 5-7 Oct 2011, Bonn, Germany.
Nakano Y, Kajisa K. 2011. The impact of access to credit and training on technological adoption: a case of rice sector in Tanzania. Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, 24-26 Jul 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Padre A, Ladha JK, Rai M, Gathala M, Sharma S. 2011. Estimating greenhouse gas fluxes by gas chromatography and the photoacoustic infrared detection system. In: Abstracts of the ASA/CSSA/SSA annual meetings, 16-19 Oct 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Raviz J, Quilang EJ, Barbieri M, Alosnos E, Asilo S, Balleras G, Baradas AC, Corpuz A, de Dios J, Dollentas R, Dupitas E, Ganotisi N, Holecz F, Laborte A, Mabalay MO, Maloom J, Maunahan A, Mirandilla JR, Nelson A, Rala A, Romarez G, Suñer AC, Tabudlong B, Varquez F, Vergara JR. 2011. Mapping and monitoring rice areas using multisensor multitemporal synthetic aperture RADAR (SAR) imagery. Paper presented at the 24th PhilRice National Rice R&D, 16-18 Mar 2011, Nueva Ecija, Philippines; and at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Redoña ED. 2011. GSR-INGER and GSR-MET trials. Paper presented at the Green Super Rice-Asia Project Review, Aug 2011, IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines.
Redoña ED. 2011. INGER and germplasm exchange. Paper presented at the STRASA II Inception and Planning Meeting, Apr 2011, New Delhi, India.
Redoña ED. 2011. Multi-Environment Testing (MET). Paper presented at the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) Asia Review, Oct 2011, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines.
Redoña ED. 2011. Role of INGER in TRRC seed exchange/multi-environment trials. Paper presented at the Steering Committee Meeting of the Temperate Rice Research Consortium, Sep 2011, Krasnodar, Russia.
Redoña ED. 2011. Varietal release systems in Asia: updates to enhance access of marginal farmers to seeds of new varieties. Paper presented at the 10th Review and Steering Committee Meeting of the Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments, Apr 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Redoña ED, Singson NYM, Toledo MCU. 2011. Development of regional sets of example varieties for the test guidelines for rice. Paper presented at the 38th Session of the Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties (UPOV) Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops (TWA), May 2011, Brasilia, Brazil.
Redoña ED, Ye C, Laza MA, Sierra SN, Argayoso MA, Sevilla AP, Dilla CJ, Bandillo B, Baliuag N, Mo Y, Malijan AK. 2011. Breeding for heat tolerance at flowering stage in rice. Paper presented at the Korean Society of Breeding Science Symposium on Plant Breeding Strategy to Prepare for Climate Change, Jul 2011, Muju, Jeonbuk, South Korea.
Rehman HM, Gill MA, Awan NA, Ladha JK. 2011. Evaluation and promotion of integrated crop and resource management technologies in rice-wheat systems in Pakistan. In: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 26-29 Sep 2011, Brisbane, Australia. p 404-405.
Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. Biosafety requirements for use of GMOs in the laboratory, screenhouse, greenhouse, glasshouse, and confined field trials (CFT). Paper presented at IRRI Biosafety
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Workshop, Apr 2011, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. GM research at IRRI: ensuring biosafety. Paper presented at the APAARI expert consultation on agricultural biotechnology, biosafety and biosecurity, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Oct 2011, Taichung, Taiwan.
Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. GPG2 crop registries and the new web interface to IRIS. Paper presented at ICIS developers’ meeting, Apr 2011, Hyderabad, India.
Sackville Hamilton R, Dobermann A, Barry GF, Jimenez IR, Oliveros RA, Zeigler RS. 2011. Use of plant variety protection: the experience of the International Rice Research Institute. Paper presented at the UPOV seminar on plant variety protection and technology transfer: the benefits of public-private partnership, Apr 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sackville Hamilton R, Xie F, Dobermann A. 2011. HRDC guidelines amendment 2011. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the HRDC, Mar 2011, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Saharawat YS, Ladha JK, Gathala M, Jat ML, Choudhary N. 2011. InfoRCT: productivity, income and environment simulation tool for conservation agriculture-based rice-wheat rotation. In: Abstracts of the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 26-29 Sep 2011, Brisbane, Australia. p 152-153.
Singleton G, Htwe NM, Nelson A. 2011. Rodent outbreaks and extreme weather events: a Southeast Asian perspective. Paper presented at the 8th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference, 29 Sep 2011, Berlin, Germany.
Singson NMY, Redoña ED, Toledo MCU, Alcantara VP, Andam RXD, Salabsabin AP, Vicente JM, Dilla CJA. 2011. Promising genetic donors identified in international nurseries (2006-2009). Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Tuyogon DSJ, Larazo WM, Beebout SEJ. 2011. Using redox chemistry to improve zinc uptake by rice plants. Paper presented at the 26th Philippine Chemistry Congress, 12-16 Apr 2011, Cebu, Philippines.
Ye C, Sierra S, Laza M, Dilla CJ, Argayoso M, Mo Y, Redoña E. 2011. Mapping QTL for heat tolerance at flowering stage in rice using SNP markers. Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Conference and workshop posters
Anacleto MR, Morales J, Lagare J, Sackville Hamilton R, Liang C. 2011. A new Web interface for rice germplasm and breeding data: integrated data browser and StudyMart. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual Research Meeting of the Generation Challenge Programme.
Asilo S, Nelson A, Aunario JK, Laborte AG, Chemin Y, Hijsman RJ. 2011. Automated mapping of rice paddies using multitemporal MODIS images and R. Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
De Guzman F, Reaño R, Almazan MS, Capilit GL, Sison L, Resurreccion N, Alana M, Timple S, Sackville Hamilton NR. 2011. Conservation and use of rice genetic resources: a partnership toward sustainable rice research and food security. Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Ella ES, Dionisio-Sese ML, Ismail AM. 2011. Seed priming improves emergence and seedling establishment of rice in flooded soils. Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Faronilo JE, Lampayan RM, Tuong TP, Hosen Y, Caramihan LN, Cabangon RJ, Burac ME. 2011. Seedbed nutrition and seeding density induce vigor of rice seedlings for transplanting. Poster presented at the 14th Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology, Inc. Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference, 25-27 May 2011, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte.
Gumma MK. Mapping complex rice-cropping pattern in Bangladesh using MODIS time series data. Poster presented at the ESRI International User Conference,11-15 Jul 2011, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hay FR, de Guzman F, Reaño R, Almazan MS, Sackville Hamilton NR. 2010. Rice seed research at the T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center. Poster presented at the International Seed Testing Association Seed Symposium, Jun 2010, Cologne, Germany.
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Impa SM, Rubianes FHC, Ismail AM, Schulin R, Beebout SEJ. 2011. Rice genotype variation for Zn uptake and translocation. Poster presented at the 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 4-7 Jul 2011, Florence, Italy.
Katica I, Thomson MJ, Virk PS, McNally K, Meyers SN, Yi Y, Unger MA, Jones RC, Wang J. 2011. Low-cost, high-throughput genotyping of rice germplasm accessions with Fluidigm SNPtypeTM 48-SNP genotyping panel. Poster presented at the 9th Plant GEM, 4-7 May 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
Khong TD, Pede VO, Sumalde ZM, McKinley JD, Mohanty S. 2011. Technical efficiency of resource-conserving technologies in rice-wheat systems: the case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. Poster presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, 24-26 Jul 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lampayan RM, Quicho ED, Cabangon RJ, Sibayan EB, de Dios JL, Bouman BAM, Flor RJB, Palis FG, Vicmudo VR. 2011. Outscaling of safe alternate wetting and drying technology in the Philippines. Poster presented at the 14th Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology, Inc. Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference, 25-27 May 2011, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte, Philippines.
Maimaiti Y, Dueñas CC, Oliva NP, Abrigo E, Trijatmiko KR, Qiu DW, Cal AJ, Henry A, Slamet-Loedin IH. 2011. Overexpression of rice HD-Zip gene affects rice root depth under drought stress. Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of
the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Morete MJ, Impa SM, Rubianes FHC, Beebout SEJ. 2011. Characterization of zinc uptake and transport in rice under reduced conditions in agar nutrient solution. Poster presented at the 14th Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference, 25-27 May 2011, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte, Philippines.
Naredo MEB, Quilloy-Mercado SM, Mojica CAR, Rellosa MCC, Rodriguez MA, Rayco JA, Caspillo BR, Torres JB, Ramos J, Alcaraz M, Barrion A, Hamilton RS, McNally KL. 2011. Fostering a global, public genetic diversity platform through the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP). Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Onoya J, Larazo WM, Tuyogon DSJ, Beebout SEJ. 2011. Soil-Zn analyses with different water management in field experiment: Zn-deficiency assessment in rice. Poster presented at the 14th Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference, 25-27 May 2011, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte, Philippines.
Pede VO, Huelgas ZM, Villano L, Garcia C, McKinley JD, Mohanty S. 2011. Economic growth in the Philippines: a spatial econometric analysis at the provincial level, 1991 – 2000. Poster presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, 24-26 Jul 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Quilloy-Mercado SM, Ballesfin MLE, Berdos MLG, Naredo MEB, McNally KL. 2011. Genetic variation in CC genome Oryza species detected by SSR markers. Poster presented at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 9-14 May 2011, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Raviz J, Quilang EJ, Barbieri M, Alosnos E, Asilo S, Balleras G, Baradas AC, de Dios J, Dollentas R, Dupitas E, Ganotisi N, Holecz F, Laborte A, Mabalay MO, Maloom J, Maunahan A, Mirandilla JR, Nelson A, Rala A, Romarez G, Suñer AC, Tabudlong B, Varquez F, Vergara JR. 2011. Mapping and monitoring rice areas using multisensor multitemporal synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Poster presented at the 61st PSAE Annual National Convention and 9th International Agricultural Engineering Conference and Exhibition, 25-29 Apr 2011, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
Thomson MJ, Reveche MY, Dilla CJ, de Ocampo M, Mojica C, Ismail AM, Redoña E, McNally KL, Leung H, Wright M, McCouch SR. 2011. High-throughput 384-plex SNP genotyping for diversity analysis, fingerprinting and QTL mapping in rice using the Illumina BeadXpress platform. Poster presented at the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIX, 15-19 Jan 2011, San Diego, CA, USA.
Magazines and newsletters
Bruskiewicz K, Rala A, Villano L, Nelson A. 2011. Rice yield trends in Asia over the past 50 years. Rice Today 9(1): 24-25.
Ella ES, Dionisio-Sese ML, Ismail AM. 2011. Seed priming improves crop establishment of rice
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in flooded soils. Int. Rice Res. Notes (online publication.
Mohanty S. 2011. The global rice market: boom or doom. Rice Today (10)1: 44-45.
Mohanty S. 2011. The search for direction. Rice Today 10(3): 44-45.
Mohanty S. 2011. Seven billion and counting: what does this mean for global food security? Rice Today (10)4: 8-49.
Mohanty S. 2011. A sleepy rice market: the calm before the storm. Rice Today (10)2: 42-45.
Nelson A. 2011. Who eats the most rice? Rice Today 10(4): 44-45.
Paris T. 2011. Breaking stereotypes. Rice Today (10)2: 46.
Caton BP, Mortimer M, Hill JE, Johnson DE. 2011. Padi Gulma de Asia [Bahasa Indonesia]. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. 118 p.
Haefele SM, Ismail AM, Johnson DE, Vera Cruz C, Samson B. 2010. Crop and natural resource management for climate-ready rice in unfavorable environments: coping with adverse conditions and creating opportunities. In: Climate change: ‘no regret’ options for adaptation and mitigation and their potential uptake. IRRI Limited Proceedings No.16. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. 76 p.
Huelgas ZM, Pede V, Ganeshmoorthy R, Kumar A, Sharma R, Chowdhury A, Gurung K, Prasad S. 2011. Constraints to cereal and animal production and technology adoption in resource-poor villages of India and Bangladesh. Social Sciences Division, IRRI. Available online.
Jagadish SVK, Sumfleth K, Howell G, Redoña E, Wassmann R, Heuer S. 2010. Temperature effects on rice: significance and possible adaptation. In: Climate change: ‘no regret’ options for adaptation and mitigation and their potential uptake. IRRI Limited Proceedings No. 16. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute, 76 p.
Manzanilla DO, Hondrade RFD, Vera Cruz CM, Johnson DE. 2011. Improving food security through community seed banks in the uplands of Asia. SEARCA Policy Brief Series. 4 p.
Nakano Y, Bamba I. Diagne A, Otsuka K, Kajisa K. 2011. The possibility of a rice Green Revolution in large-scale irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Research Working Paper 5560. World Bank.
Singh RK, Gregorio GB, Ali S, Arceta M, Mohammadi R, Vispo NA, Reyes J, Thomson MJ, Gautam RK, Brar DS, Abdelbagi IM. 2011. Molecular screening and diversity of salt tolerance in rice genotypes. Food Security Center Brief No. 9. Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. 5 p.
Singleton GR, Casimero MC, Baco D, Abidin Z, Sudarmaji. 2011. Improving rice productivity in South and South-East Sulawesi. Final report to the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Seminars
Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. Conserving the diversity of rice and the genebank. IRRI Rice Research to Production Course. Lecture presented at IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, May.
Sackville Hamilton R. 2011. Conserving and exploring rice diversity. Presented at Cornell University, New York, August.
Sackville Hamilton NR. 2011. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: conservation, exchange, and use of rice genetic resources. IRRI Rice Breeding Course. Lecture presented at IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, August.
Singleton GR. 2011. Adapting to climate change through adaptive management of pests. Presented at the Symposium on Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 15 Feb.
Singleton GR. 2011. IRRI and Myanmar: current projects; lessons learned; links to the new program. Presented at the ACIAR-Burma meeting, ACIAR, Canberra, Australia, 27 Jun.
Singleton GR. 2011. The IRRC–update on what we are doing in Vietnam and activities on GAP. Presented to 90 visiting delegates from 12 provinces in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam at IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines, 10 Oct.
Singleton GR. 2011. Mot Phai–Nam Giam: exciting partnership between IRRC and DAR. Opening presentation at the workshop on “Mot Phai, Nam Giam–An Giang Model for Enhancing Sustainable Practices for Rice,” An Giang, Vietnam, 31 Aug.
Singleton GR. 2011. Plans for network for rice GAP. Presented at the Symposium on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Rice in Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 Apr.
Singleton GR, Bouman BAM. 2011. Sustainable development in lowland irrigated rice cropping systems–challenges and opportunities. Presented at the Guangdong Rice Research Institute, Guangzhou, China, 13 Oct.
Singleton GR, Johnson DE. 2011. IRRI and LIFT engagement in the lower delta of Myanmar. Presented at the Workshop on the Delta 2 projects of the United Nations Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT),Yangon, Myanmar, 18 Oct.
Singleton GR, Johnson DE. 2011. Sustainable development in agriculture: response options for rice. Presented at Sriwijaya University, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 8 Jun.
Singleton GR, Viriyangkura L. 2011. Rice GAP: objectives of the workshop. Presented at the Symposium on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Rice in Southeast Asia. Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 Apr.
Thursday rice research seminars
Stress-tolerant rice: 35 years of progress. Dr. David Mackill.
Price spikes and volatility: the new face of global agriculture. Dr. Samarendu Mohanty.
Nurturing partnerships with national programs: why should you care? Mr. Julian Lapitan.
C4 rice update. Dr. William Paul Quick
The amylose project. Mr. Roslen Anacleto.
Biochar and rice: an opportunity? Dr. Stephan Haefele.
Making rice less thirsty: progress at IRRI. Dr. Arvind Kumar.
Capturing positive transgressive variation from wild and exotic germplasm resources. Dr. Susan McCouch, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, USA.
Building and applying technology to amplify the effectiveness of people-based agricultural extension systems. Mr. Rikin Gandhi, Digital Green, India.
Challenges and strategies for weed management in direct-seeded rice. Dr. Bhagirath Chauhan.
Spatial econometrics: concepts and applications for rice research. Dr. Val Olivier Pede.
New efforts to enhance the yield potential of rice through GRiSP. Dr. Parminder Virk.
Hidden treasures: precious stress tolerance genes from low-yielding rice varieties. Dr. Sigrid Heuer.
Asia’s food security challenges—a view from the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Katsuji Matsunami, Asian Development Bank.
The journey from research to commercialization: an approach. Dr. Rajiv Pradhan, International Development Enterprises (Dhaka).
A journey across disciplines for greater impact at the household level. Dr. Noel Magor.
Rice in the global economy: strategic research and policy issues for food security. Dr. Sushil Pandey.
Computational support of rice germplasm research.Dr. Richard Bruskiewich.
Using ICT to make rice farming more profitable, IRRI does business not as usual. Ms. Rowena Castillo.
The role of fast-food chains in the development of the agricultural sector. Mr. Tony Tan Caktiong, Jollibee Foods Corporation.
HarvestPlus—breeding crops for better nutrition: progress to date and plans for 2012–2018. Dr. Howarth Bouis, HarvestPlus.
Virtualize this! Mr. Marco van den Berg.
Sustainable food consumption and production in a resource-constrained world. Dr. Erik Mathijs, Catholic University of Leuven.
The Irrigated Rice Research Consortium—a dynamic platform for regional partnerships in NRM. Dr. Grant Singleton.
Return of the Green Revolution menace with new vengeance. Dr. K.L. Heong.
A survival guide to the CGIAR change process. Dr. Boru Douthwaite.
From soil to seed: the quest for zinc-enriched rice. Dr. Sarah Beebout.
Enhancing IRRI’s power to do good. Dr. William Padolina.
Molecular markers: technologies to accelerate research and breeding. Dr. Michael Thomson.
Internal aeration during submergence. Dr. Ole Pedersen.
Root aeration and radial oxygen loss in rice during waterlogging and complete submergence. Dr. Tim Colmer, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia.
Weather and politics threaten global food security. Dr. Samarendu Mohanty.
Explorations in social science research: some lessons from an almost 2-decade journey. Dr. Sushil Pandey.
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Wide hybridization research at IRRI: accomplishments and prospects. Dr. Darshan Brar.
Rice quality and IRRI: the last (almost) 8 years. Dr. Melissa Fitzgerald.
DG’s end-of-the-year report. Dr. Robert Zeigler.
Is IRRI’s online presence mere sets of information objects on the Internet? Mr. Jay Byrne, v-Fluence Interactive Public relations, Inc., USA. (special seminar)
Thinking like a grower: Syngenta’s new strategic direction. Mr. Andrew Guthrie, Syngenta Asia Pacific. (special seminar)
Impact of IRRI germplasm on rice production in selected Southeast Asian countries since 1985. Dr. John Brennan, Coolamaine Economic Research, Australia. (special seminar)
Division seminars
Crop and Environmental Sciences
Measurement of soil water potential. Dr. Michael Forster, ICT International, Australia.
Zinc nutrient initiative: improving crop production and nutritional status with zinc. Dr. Andrew Green, International Zinc Association.
Insecticides: root cause of rice planthopper problems in Southeast Asia. Dr. K.L. Heong.
Mapping soil EC for precision phenotyping. Mr. Steve Klassen.
Utilizing an African rice O.glaberrima as a source of genes for improving drought tolerance in rainfed ecosystems. Dr. Athuman Abubakary.
Does mulch really conserve water and increase water productivity? Field and APSIM simulation studies
from a rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab, India. Dr. Balwinder Singh.
Agriculture in Pakistan and CSISA activities. Dr. Muhammad Aqil Khan.
A hypothesis to explain the geographic resistance to host plant defense in insect pests. Dr. Peter W. de Jong, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
IRRI’s drought stress research in rice with emphasis on roots: accomplishments over the last 50 years. Dr. Amelia Henry.
What can physiologists learn from high-throughput phenotyping for association/evaluation of drought-inducible ‘stay-green’ transgenics? Dr. Andrew Cal.
Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology
Implications of transcriptional regulatory networks to stress tolerance engineering in rice. Dr. Benildo delos Reyes, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA.
How virus utilizes host system and how host defends against the invasion of virus: transcriptome analyses have given the answer to us. Dr. Shoshi Kikuchi, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Biosafety of GM crops: when a≠b - Safety assessment of foods designed to be different. Dr. Flerida Cariño, Institute of Chemistry, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.
Development and application of gene-specific marker of Pup 1 (Phosphorus uptake 1). Dr. Joong Hyoun Chin.
Probing the mystery of epigenetics: role of DNA methylation and histone modifications in rice. Dr. Guoliang Wang, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
Mapping the future: Metamodels for scaling potato late blight risk in climate change scenarios. Dr. Adam Sparks.
An overview of the breeding strategy of the China National Rice Molecular Breeding Network: from concept to reality. Dr. Zhikang Li.
Genome-wide association study in the maize nested association mapping population. Dr. James Holland, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA.
Perspectives of new sequencing technologies in positional cloning in rice. Dr. Rudi Trijatmiko.
Global switches, fine-tuning and stress memories: the dynamic role of plant hormones in rice innate immunity. Dr. David De Vleesschauwer, Department of Crop Protection, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
A case for concomitant improvement of food and feed traits through multidimensional crop improvement. Dr. Michael Blummel, International Livestock Research Institute.
Epigenetic variation and its role in rice breeding. Dr. Ajay Kohli.
Potential applications of QTLs underlying natural variation in rice roots. Dr. Yusaku Uga, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan.
Relationships between rice neck blast incidence and leaf blast epidemic. Abhijeet Ghatak.
Publications and seminars
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New strategies for control of crop diseases: a case of rice bacterial blight. Dr. Casiana Vera Cruz.
Enhancing resistance to planthopper and leafhopper in rice. Dr. Daisuke Fujita.
Transgenic approach for validation of gene cloning and product development. Dr. Rudi Trijatmiko.
Seed transcriptome reprogramming under terminal drought to harness optimum yield and seed quality. Dr. Nese Sreenivasulu, Group Leader, Stress Genomics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Germany.
Molecular approaches at Barwale Foundation for value addition in rice. Dr. Vinay Shenoy, Barwale Foundation, Hyderabad, India.
Approaches towards marker-assisted breeding for heat tolerance. Dr. Changrong Ye.
Exploring management options for root and seedling diseases of aerobic rice. Ms. Grace Banaay.
Social Sciences
Screening of the video: Filipino rice policy. Ms. Magee Clegg, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, USA.
The challenge of increasing water productivity in irrigation: with particular reference to the Philippines and China. Dr. Kei Kajisa and Dr. Randy Barker.
Adoption patterns of improved rice varieties in stress-prone areas of South Asia. Dr. Devendra Gauchan.
Micro insurance in the Philippines: initial findings. Ms. Diana Owusu-Kyereko, London School of Economics and Political Science.
ASEAN rice trade and my experience in the Philippines. Mr. Hoa Hoang (intern).
A glimpse of water-saving technology practices in Bohol and Tarlac. Ariana Rose Shapiro (intern).
Mapping rice areas in the temperate zones of Eurasia: towards a global rice map using MODIS medium-resolution satellite imagery. Dr. Mirco Boschetti and Dr. Andrew Nelson.
Mapping complex rice-cropping patterns in Bangladesh. Dr. Murali Krishna Gumma.
Automated mapping of rice paddies in the Philippines. Ms. Sonia Asilo (intern).
Validation of IRRI global rice model: sweating it out. Ms. Lucie Chambon (intern).
Cost and return analysis and cost efficiency: the case of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Z. Sumalde and Dr. J. McKinley.
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