International Rice Research Institute Grant

Organization - International Rice Research Institute
Grant Amount - $76,245
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of a Ph.D. fellow to study the genetics of transferring drought tolerance from African rice (Oryza glaberrima) to Asian rice (Oryza sativa)


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