HANOI, April 22 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Science and Technology will collaborate with the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in a project on rice genomics research.
According to the Vietnam news agency, the project, the first of its kind in Vietnam, will sequence the genomes of new rice varieties, which have been selected for high quality and yield potential tolerance to submergence, salinity, drought and resistance to pests and diseases.
The memorandum of understanding will focus on the cooperation to study measures to deal with climate change and ensure food security.
Besides, BBSRC will also help their Vietnamese partners gain access to technologies and train human resources in order to set up a database on local rice varieties, based on that to develop rice varieties across the country.
-- BERNAMA
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