Diversity of Global Rice Markets and the Science Required for Consumer-Targeted Rice Breeding
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: With the ever-increasing global demand for high quality rice in both local production regions and with Western consumers, we have a strong desire to understand better the importance of the different traits that make up the quality of the rice grain and obtain a full picture of rice quality demographics. Rice is by no means a 'one size fits all' crop. Regional preferences are not only striking, they drive the market and hence are of major economic importance in any rice breeding / improvement strategy. In this analysis, we have engaged local experts across the world to perform a full assessment of all the major rice quality trait characteristics and importantly, to determine how these are combined in the most preferred varieties for each of their regions. Physical as well as biochemical characteristics have been monitored and this has resulted in the identification of no less than 18 quality trait combinations. This complexity immediately reveals the extent of the specificity of consumer preference. Nevertheless, further assessment of these combinations at the variety level reveals that several groups still comprise varieties which consumers can readily identify as being different. This emphasises the shortcomings in the current tools we have available to assess rice quality and raises the issue of how we might correct for this in the future. Only with additional tools and research will we be able to define directed strategies for rice breeding which are able to combine important agronomic features with the demands of local consumers for specific quality attributes and hence, design new, improved crop varieties which will be awarded success in the global market.
Source: PLoS ONE
Authors: Mariafe Calingacion, Alice Laborte, Andrew Nelson, Adoracion Resurreccion, Jeanaflor Crystal Concepcion, Venea Dara Daygon, Roland Mumm, Russell Reinke, Sharifa Dipti, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello, John Manful, Sakhan Sophany, Karla Cordero Lara, Jinsong Bao, Lihong Xie, Katerine Loaiza, Ahmad El-hissewy, Joseph Gayin, Neerja Sharma, Sivakami Rajeswari, Swaminathan Manonmani, N. Shobha Rani, Suneetha Kota, Siti Dewi Indrasari, Fatemeh Habibi, Maryam Hosseini, Fatemeh Tavasoli, Keitaro Suzuki, Takayuki Umemoto, Chanthkone Boualaphanh, Huei Hong Lee, Yiu Pang Hung, Asfaliza Ramli, Pa Pa Aung, Rauf Ahmad, Javed Iqbal Wattoo, Evelyn Bandonill, Marissa Romero, Carla Moita Brites, Roshni Hafeel, Huu-Sheng Lur, Kunya Cheaupun, Supanee Jongdee, Pedro Blanco, Rolfe Bryant, Nguyen Thi Lang, Robert D. Hall, Melissa Fitzgerald
Institutions: International Rice Research Institute, Wageningen University & Research, Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Rice and Beans, Africa Rice Center, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Zhejiang University, China National Rice Research Institute, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Punjab Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Indian Institute of Rice Research, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Institute of Crop Science, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, National Taiwan University, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Viện Lúa Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,382
OpenAlex ID: W2048100860