Speed breeding with a twist for water-saving low-carbon rice. Rice has one of the highest environmental footprints among crops world-wide, because of the water use and methane emission during producti

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Speed breeding with a twist for water-saving low-carbon rice. Rice has one of the highest environmental footprints among crops world-wide, because of the water use and methane emission during production. This project aims to combine drought and cold tolerance traits of rice, necessary for ecofriendly dryland production, through a field-based speed breeding approach. It will allow to rapidly advance and select drought and cold tolerant rice genotypes and will generate new knowledge on the genetic drivers of combined stress tolerance. Expected outcomes includes tolerant germplasms for further breeding and variety development purposes. This will lead to ‘climate smart’ dryland varieties and will provide significant benefit by transforming rice production to save water and lower the carbon footprint.. Scheme: Early Career Industry Fellowships. Field: 3004 - Crop and Pasture Production. Lead: Dr Szabolcs Lehoczki-Krsjak