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IRRI’s breeding, selection and field-testing programme produced IR8, released in 1966. Its short stature and yield response helped change rice improvement and seed deployment in suitable production environments.
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Scientific scope
IR8 is a semidwarf variety, not the same achievement as hybrid-rice systems. Yield depended on management and environment; it did not by itself eliminate hunger. Named breeders and an agronomist are only part of the team, farmer and seed-system history.
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People and systems
Peter Jennings; Henry Beachell; S. K. De Datta
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IR8: breeding and testing a productive semidwarf rice variety
IRRI’s breeding, selection and field-testing programme produced IR8, released in 1966. Its short stature and yield response helped change rice improvement and seed deployment in suitable production environments.
Scientific scope
IR8 is a semidwarf variety, not the same achievement as hybrid-rice systems. Yield depended on management and environment; it did not by itself eliminate hunger. Named breeders and an agronomist are only part of the team, farmer and seed-system history.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Peter Jennings; Henry Beachell; S. K. De Datta
Named source contributors; broader team, precursor or trial-group roster remains incomplete.