A team of Australian researchers has associated with an Indian research foundation for developing a variety of salt-tolerant rice.

An agreement had been signed between the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai during last week for USD 2 million project supported by the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund.

They will be conducting research on salt-tolerant rice varieties identified from wild species using biotechnology approaches in India and Australia.

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