India/US Team Develops Protein-Rich Rice

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|12 February 2008

Though many tests still remain, this will be the largest ever protein boost registered in rice involving Indian varieties, the scientists said. The research results involved plant geneticists S. Sukumar of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Ahmed Mahmoud and B. Harikrishnan of the University of Missouri, Columbia. The project received funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and a grant from the Indian government’s Department of Biotechnology.