Mining the rice genome for alleles of value in rice improvement

粮食的生产和质量是由农业中使用的粮食植物的品种决定的。一个高质量的水稻基因组序列于2005年问世。该项目将挖掘序列中的数据，以确定与关键生产和质量性状相关的基因。将开发和应用新的技术和战略。这些发现将对模式作物、水稻以及其他谷物和粮食作物有价值。人类健康得益于技术的可用性，这些技术可以将理想的营养特性与对人类的吸引力结合起来。这确保了健康食品的生产和消费。

Food production and quality are determined by the varieties of food plants that are used in agriculture. A high quality rice genome sequence became available in 2005. This project will mine the data in the sequence to identify genes associated with key production and quality traits. New technologies and strategies will be developed and applied. The discoveries will be of value for the model crop, rice and for other cereal and food crops. Human health benefits from the availability of technologies to combine desirable nutritional traits and attractiveness to humans. This ensures healthy foods will be produced and consumed.