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Annual Report 2011
GRiSP
Annual Report 2011
H
eterosis (hybrid vigor) en-ables hybrid rice varieties toproduce at least 15% moreyield than the best performing mod-ern inbred varieties. In fact, in Sep-tember 2011, temperate hybrid riceset a new world record for rice output
of 13.9 tons per hectare in eld trials
in Hunan, China.This makes the role of hybridrice in maintaining food security
Pushing the hybrid riceenvelope in the tropics
I 
n China, hybrid rice continues tolive up to its potential for increasing  productivity with less nitrogen and water usage. To ensure rice remainsaffordable for the billions of peoplewho depend on it, the Hybrid RiceDevelopment Consortium (HRDC)is replicating its record-breaking success with temperate rice varietiesby developing even better hybrids for the tropics.
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Hybrid bridge between Asia and Latin America.
 
Nelson Amézquita, agricultural engineer at Fedearroz, Colombia; FangmingXie, hybrid rice breeder at IRRI; and Edgar Torres, rice breeder at CIAT-FLAR (
left to right 
), inspect rice in IRRI's breeding plots for potential hybrid varieties that have high suitability for Latin American conditions.
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