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Salt threatens Mekong rice
BANGKOK - With Vietnam's fertile Mekong delta threatened by rising sea levels and salt water ingress, the country's future as a major rice exporter depends critically on research underway in the Philippines.
Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are working with Vietnamese counterparts in the town of Los Banos, southeast of Manila, to develop a strain of rice that can withstand submergence for over two weeks and resistant salinity. A flood-tolerant variety dubbed "scuba rice", which has the submergence (SUB 1) rice gene, already offers half the solution.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/ND19Dk01.html
Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are working with Vietnamese counterparts in the town of Los Banos, southeast of Manila, to develop a strain of rice that can withstand submergence for over two weeks and resistant salinity. A flood-tolerant variety dubbed "scuba rice", which has the submergence (SUB 1) rice gene, already offers half the solution.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/ND19Dk01.html
