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INVESTIGATOR: White, L. M.

PERFORMING INSTITUTION:
RICE RESEARCH CENTER
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70893

FOUNDATION RICE SEED

OBJECTIVES: NOT-PROVIDED

APPROACH: The foundation program will be continued along the same lines. The basic red rice research will be continued. Additional work is planned in the area of chemical-cultural control of red rice.

PROGRESS: 1984/01 TO 1999/06
Foundation seed rice has been produced by the Rice Research Station since 1949. Since its inception, the foundation seed program has made available to Louisiana growers over 5900 metric tons of pedigreed seed stock of 30 varieties. Each year, the Rice Research Station devoted approximately 32 hectares of land to the production of certified seed production. This included: headrow seed to replenish breeder seed stocks; breeder seed, planting stock for the foundation fields; and foundation seed, the planting stock from which registered seed is produced. In 1996, a new foundation seed rice drying and processing facility was constructed. The new facility allowed the Rice Research Station to handle the foundation seed crop in a more efficient manner, thus, enabling the foundation seed program to better maintain purity and viability of its seed rice.

PUBLICATIONS: 1984/01 TO 1999/06
No publications reported this period