摘要
Food shortage is a perpetual theme, especially inthe developing countries. The invention of hybrid ricepaves the way for the food problem's solution.By 2020,the total rice requirement in Asia isestimated to be around 850 million ton.The presentproduction of rice in the region is around 500 millionton.It is expected that by 2020,there will be at least15 million more hectares under hybrid rice in theAsian countries.
