How IRRI's 100,000th rice cross was made
Channel: International Rice Research Institute
Date: 2012-11-29

Also see: http://youtu.be/25CWpVfXThY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCL3IB19wr8

Alvaro Pamplona, senior research manager, and Nestor Ramos, research technician, demonstrate how the 100,000th cross was made--as are all crosses at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org).

On 29 November 2012, the IRRI community celebrated the 100,000th rice breeding cross, a true milestone in the Institute's 52-year history existence.

The parents for the 100,000th cross were IR09M105 and NSICRC 214.The objective of this particular cross was to improve eating quality.