IRRI won for arsenic-safe rice cultivars in arsenic-affected regions, and WorldFish won for sustainable nutrient-rich small fish production for smallholders. irri.org/news-and-event…

New paper by Muhammad Shahedul Alam dealing with interactive effects air #pollution and a fungal disease on different rice varieties. Open access, check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

All my Ukrainian colleagues kindly contact my profosor lab Frei Lab if you looking for a host research lab in German. Please feel free to forward anyone in need. Thanks

World’s most incredible rice terraces in pictures timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destina… via TimesTravel

OsSWEET11b, a potential sixth leaf blight susceptibility gene involved in sugar transport-dependent male fertility Healthy Crops nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Intense selection on a very hot humid day. IRRI 🌾 Jauhar Ali Varunseelan Murugaiyan

In 2021, IRRI continued to develop novel rice varieties to help alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and poverty, and combat certain noncommunicable diseases in the rice-based regions across the globe. Check out our 2021 Annual Report: irri.org/annual-report-…

How can we make arsenic-safe rice varieties more accessible to farmers? Listen to Dr. Jauhar Ali, Senior Scientist II at IRRI as he talks about the arsenic-safe rice varieties project. This recently won the Global Food Systems Grand Challenge Prize. 🎧 bit.ly/3Ag4bQU

Our PhD student Ambika Pandey funded by @atsaf_ev is transplanting rice today at IRRI 🌾 to study arsenic exclusion in #rice. Collaboration with Jauhar Ali and Varunseelan Murugaiyan

Dr. Jauhar Ali, senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will deliver a talk and take part in a high-level panel for the 2nd Indian Rice Congress, being held this 11-14 February 2023 in Cuttack, Odisha, India. Read more: bit.ly/3IjSjBl

Heartfelt good wishes, Michael Vega Cornell University, congratulations on being awarded the esteemed Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship. I'm delighted to collaborate with you IRRI 🌾 and @ Matthew Charles Reid. Congratulations everyone.

Hello? Anyone out there listening? 🗣️ Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says nyti.ms/3nawTOA

Cornell Atkinson fellow & IRRI researcher partner to investigate how AWD intensity & fertilization timing can be managed to inform a practical rice farming strategy that minimizes nitrous oxide & methane emissions, arsenic accumulation & water use. Read: bit.ly/3nhYayJ

Happy to share our recently accepted article "Where the wild things are: Genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex" Purdue University University of Hawaii at Manoa IRRI 🌾 Agricultural Research Service academic.oup.com/g3journal/arti…

We are most happy to launch our website for the HealthyDiets4Africa project funded by Horizon Europe 🇪🇺: hd4a.eu #FOOD2030EU

Launch of a new project focusing on methanogenesis and soil amendments for #GHG mitigation. We will conduct exciting field experiments at IRRI 🌾 and evaluate new possible mitigation options in rice. Thanks to all participants for coming to 🇵🇭

Nice paper by Michael Frei's lab: "Differential effects of arsenite and arsenate on rice plants differing in glutathione S‑transferase gene expression" rdcu.be/dh4rf Congratulations to all authors Frei Lab amd IRRI 🌾 and thanks for letting me be part of this effort!

Praggnanandhaa into the finals of #FIDEWorldCup2023! 🔥 Proud moment for him, his parents and all of us! 🙏🏽

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. MS Swaminathan, former IRRI Director General (1982-1988). He was awarded the first World Food Prize in 1987 for developing and spearheading the introduction of high-yielding rice varieties into India during the '60s

We are offering a PhD position in the field of mixed cropping. Please consider: German driving license required as you need to visit different field sites. Please apply or RT! uni-giessen.de/karriere/stell…