June 2017 – Miami, USA

Advances and Perspectives of Hybrid Rice in the Americas

Leandro Pasqualli
Agenda

Rice Market in Americas

Main Hybrid Achievements

How the Future Looks Like

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The Rice Markets in the World

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The Rice Markets in the Mercosur

1.8 M ha

1.3 M ha - Irrigated
Brazil
0.8 M ha - Upland

Argentina 200 K ha

Uruguay 160 K ha

Paraguay 140 K ha

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 The Rice Market in US

204Kha
9908kg/ha Total Area LG 810Kha
% 58Kha Average Yield
% 448Kha 7,788kg/ha
7454kg/ha
Medium Grain 7756kg/ha
204kha
58Kha % 77Kha
Calrose 8048kg/ha
8249kg/ha %
% % 126Kha
7431kg/ha

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Creating value through hybrid rice technology
High yield environmental
✓ High yield at the farm level (Uruguay
8.3 Ton/ha; Rio Grande do Sul
7.9Ton/ha, USA 7.8tn/ha; Argentina 6.8
Ton/ha; Paraguay 5.5 tn/ha,)

Grain Quality

✓ Market oriented to internal and to export.

✓ Indica grain quality (High amylose,

low gelatinization temperature, long
slender translucent grain)

✓ US- Grain Quality

✓ Medium Grain

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 Who is RiceTec?

• A seed company
creating and delivering
value throughout the
rice chain offering
innovative genetics,
traits, technologies
and growers support.

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Global resources for any market

North/Central American market

- Long grain
- Intermediate amylose
- Intermediate gel temp
- US is 50% export

South American market

- Long grain
- High amylose
- Low gel temp
- Argentina – 60% export
- Brazil – 10% export
- Uruguay – 90% export

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A global breeding program

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RiceTec product development strategy is
germplasm-centered

20-25%
advantage

Mining Recombining Hybrid platform Yield

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But our approaches to technology application
suggested need for adjustments

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We needed to work large number of hectares with a
small number of people and in a short period of time

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 RiceTec is organized to deliver high-tech
products matched to customer needs

Product
Seed Sales/Technical
Research Development
Production Assistance
& Marketing

Quality Management System *

* ISO 9001 Certified

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 Our germplasm
banks collect and
characterize world
rice variability, the
foundation of our
breeding work

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Four main improvement areas

Grain yield Grain quality

Stress tolerance Seed yield

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 We are enabling potential for achieving
higher grain yield….
17000 RT Inc. RT Mercosur
16000 278 kg/ha/year (2.2%/year) Titan CL
15000
Grain yield (kg/ha)

Avaxi CL Inov CL
14000 Tuno CL
13000 XL753
12000 198 kg/ha/year (1.7%/year)
11000 CL XL745
CL XL8
10000
9000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Year of release

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 Significant genetic gains for grain quality as well

Regression analysis (Chalk %) for released hybrids

Regression analysis (Whole grain %) for released
2003-2015
hybrids 2003-2015
14
68 y = -2.09ln(X) + 10.8
y = 0.51X + 58.6 12 R² = 0.66
66
R² = 0.63 10
Whole grain (%)

64

Chalk (%)
8
62
6
60 4
58 2
56 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Period after year 2002 Period after year 2002

Genetic gain for milling quality (whole grain %) is estimated in 0.5% and
there is an slight reduction in chalk (%) per year.

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Our breeders know how to match germplasm
with local rice quality preferences
Cooking properties
Grain size
7mm

6mm

5mm

USA South America

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Latest technology to measure grain
quality characteristics
Our direct customer relationships
accelerates the introduction of new
technologies

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Resistance to new mode-of-action herbicides
offers opportunities for sounder weed
management

unsprayed 3x resistance

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Creating value through hybrid rice technology

Herbicide Resistance.

Red rice and other weeds are

very important limiting factors
under direct seeding

✓ Imi Resistance

✓ Other molecules ...ACCASE, etc…

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We create value through hybrid rice technology

Tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses

✓ Rice Blast Resistance

✓ Rice Stripe Necrosis Virus

✓ Cold tolerance .... Germination and seedling

(early planting)

✓ Tolerance to Iron Toxicity

✓ Lodging tolerance.

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Impact at grower level
Historical Yield / RiceTec performance
ACTUAL 2017
PROJECTION 2018- 2021
ACCase
13.0

12
12.0
11.0 11 11
10.8 10.8
11.0 10.5 10.6 10.7
10.4 10.5

10.0 10.5 9.7

10.1 10.3 10 10 10
9.9
9.0 9.7
9.3 9.2
8.8
8.0 7.9
7.7 7.8
8.0 7.5 7.5
7.2 7.6 7.1 7.3
7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.5 6.9
6.6 6.8 6.7
6.5 6.6 6.9
6.0
6.3 RT CL Hybrids
5.0 5.6
5.2 CL Tech +
5.1 5.1
Management
4.0

RS avg yield (kg/ha) Farm avg yield (kg/ha) RT Hybrids yield (kg/ha)

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 More with less
• “Hybrids are 35.9% more
efficient users of water… per
unit of output.”
Nalley et al. 2014

• AWD is assumed to reduce methane

emissions by an average of 48% over
continuous flooding.
IRRI

• AWD reduces global warming

potential by 43%.
Sanchis et al. 2012

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 More with less

• Hybrids are15% more efficient at

nitrogen uptake than pureline
varieties.
Norman et al. 2013

• Hybrids…emit 29% fewer greenhouse

gases per unit of output.”
Nalley et al. 2014

Walker et al. 2008

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What does the future hold?

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 Global Tendencies

System

1%

91%
Areaa

2%
Limitations

Weeds
Insects
Diseases
Soils
Fonte: FAO
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 Going Forward

• Continued emphasis on yield and quality

• RiceTec Cropping Formula

• Herbicide tolerance

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 Our view of the future.

• Lower greenhouse gas

emissions
• Nitrogen use efficiency
• Pesticide savings Environmental

• Great message for

consumers
• Stewardship of
• Higher profit resources
margin for Economic Social
growers
• Reduced energy
cost for millers

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Thanks for your attention!!!!