Pakistani scientist develops technology to increase production of rice

Islamabad

 

A Pakistani scientist, Dr. Fida M. Abbasi, a professor at the Department of Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra, has developed a technology that can help increase the number of grains per panicle of rice plant from 250 to 700.

 

The technology named Super NPT can tremendously help in increasing the rice production in the country from 5 ton per hectare to 15 ton per hectare. New rice is 6ft tall with thick stem, large and heavy panicle of 50cm long with 700

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