Huazhong Agricultural University Grant

Organization - Huazhong Agricultural University
Grant Amount - $512,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of research to elucidate the molecular genetic basis of drought tolerance in rice and to breed and distribute new drought-tolerant varieties of rice to both rainfed and poorly irrigated areas of China


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