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New rice provides strong yields and disease resistance.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
STONEVILLE -- Mississippi State University's recent release of Pace means Delta rice growers no longer have to choose between a high yield or a solid disease package.

"Pace is a long-grain, high-yielding, semi-dwarf variety with good straw strength and field tolerance to sheath blight and blast diseases," said Pace's developer Dwight Kanter, a rice breeder at MSU's Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville.

"It averaged eight bushels an acre more than Cocodrie across all seven test locations...

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