date:May 13, 2014
Bayer CropScience and Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd., Moshav Sharona, Israel, today announced their collaboration to develop advanced hybrid rice varieties. The multi-year project combines Bayer's and Kaiima's expertise in breeding and technology in order to increase growers' productivity in important rice-cultivating countries. The goal of the collaboration is to focus on the breeding of new high-yielding hybrid rice varieties utilizing Bayer's elite rice germplasm and Kaiima's proprietary Enhanced P