Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is located in Philippines.

Ayreshire is a high performance breed of cattle (cow). Ghagus is a desi breed of poultry.

Pusa Komal is developed by the process of hybridisation. This variety is resistant to bacterial blight. Cow Pea is from the legume family and widely cultivated in the southern U. S. Bacterial blight is an early seasonal disease. The initial symptoms of bacterial blight are dark brown necrotic leaf spots with yellow halos.

Maximum disease resistance is seen in wild plants. They have excellent genetic material (genes) to withstand attack of pathogens. These materials can be transferred to their relative wild species through breeding experiments or through recombinant technology.