SeedWorks - Seed That Works

Agriculture has become challenging day by day in India. It is obvious we must supply a growing number of people with food. Higher demand and continuing climate change mean that plants are becoming more and more important as a renewable resource for mankind. Unlocking the potential of plants and leveraging it to tackle the major challenges we face to ensure sustainable farming – that is the task of our plant breeding.

To achieve these objectives SeedWorks *focuses on Conventional breeding, Resistance breeding , Genomics and P**henomics* across all its portfolio crops

Rice

Host Plant Resistance Screening in hot spots – for BLB, BPH, Standability and Submergence
Improved cooking evaluation techniques are being used that include use for DNA markers for amylose content, gelatinization temperature, and RVA profiles
High grain yield potential, minimal straw for high yield
Improved lodging resistance will receive continued emphasis in all stages of variety development. Efforts will continue to develop improved varieties that have a range of maturity dates with major emphasis placed on early, very early maturity, synchronous heading, and uniformity of ripening
RGA (Rapid Generation Advancement) For Rice breeding using simplified biotron breeding system
High Out crossing in cms lines by introgressing the long stigma trait of Oryzalongistaminata
Host Plant Resistance Screening under Green House – for BLB, BPH, BLAST