Dr Ibrahim Hashim from TARI in Tanzanian found that a recent BB outbreak is causing significant yield losses in Tanzania, having a massive impact on economic stability and regional nutrition. Comparable losses are estimated in Madagascar, as Dr Mathilde Hutin from @ird-fr.bsky.social reports.

The newly developed BB-resistant rice varieties are now transferred to plant breeders and researchers working locally in Madagascar and Tanzania for field testing. Afterwards these varieties could be released in the national registration processes and made available to farmers.

@plantepigenetics.ch created one
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This is about one particular part of doing science: reading scientific papers. My final-year undergrads found it useful. 1st year grad students might as well, even if they have already been assigned quite a few papers.

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