ISSN 2375-1185
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. S.C Ying
Director General
China National Rice Research
Institute (CNRRI)
359 Tiyuchang Road,
Hangzhou 310006, P.R China.
Associate Editors
Prof. H.T Borromeo
Assistant Professor
Department of Agronomy
University of Philippines at Los
Baños, Laguna 4031
Philippines.
Prof. Z.S Ming-De
Coordinator for East Asia
IPGRI Office for East Asia
C/o CAAS, 30 Bai Shi Qiao Road
Beijing 100081, China.
Prof. K.E Zhu Defeng
China National Rice Research Institute,
359 Tiyunchang Road,
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006.
Prof. S.M.E Siddiq
Directorate of Rice Research,
Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad 500 030 (AP).
Editorial Board Members
Dr. Abdul Karim Makarim
Senior Researcher,
Central Research Institute for Food Crops (CRIFC),
Jl. Merdeka 147, Bogor 16111
Indonesia.
Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian
Deputy Executive Director,
Philippine Rice Research Institute,
Maligaya, Munoz, Nueva Ecija.
Dr. M. P. Dhanapala
Director,
Rice Research and Development Institute (RRDI),
Batalagoda, Ibbagamuwa
Sri Lanka.
Dr. R.S.M Kupkanchanakul
Senior Rice Agronomist,
Rice Research Institute,
Department of Agriculture,
Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak,
Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Dr. B.A Bong
Director,
Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute,
Omon, Cantho.
Vietnam
Dr. T.V Balasubramanian
CREMNET Coordinator/Program Leader - Impact
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
MCPO 3127, 1271 Makati, Manila,
Philippines.
Dr. V.E Tran
Senior Rice Agronomist,
Crops and Grassland Service (AGPC),
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO),
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla,
00100 Rome, Italy.
Dr. Prem Nath
Assistant Director-General and FAO
Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Dr. G.E Qingsong
Deputy Regional Representative,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Dr. K.N Papademetriou
Senior Plant Production and Protection Officer,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Dr. T.S Facon
Water Management Officer,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Dr. I.V Visuthi
Secretary,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Dr. C.R Chaudhary
Chairman,
Participatory Rural Development Foundation (PRDF),
Shivpur Shahbazganj, P.O. Jungle Salikram,
Gorakhpur (U.P.) 273014, India.
Dr. J.E Lacy
District Agronomist,
New South Wales Agriculture,
P.O. Box 108,
241 Murray Street,
Finley, N.S.W. 2713
Dr. K.E Abdus Sattar
Principal Scientific Officer,
Agronomy Division,
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI),
Gazipur 1710.
Dr R.A Fischer
Research Programme Coordinator,
Crop Sciences
Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
GPO Box 1571, Canberra city
ACT 2601, Australia.
Dr. P.E Lawrance
Australian Tropical Crops Genetic
Resource Centre
PO Box 201Biloela 4715
Australia.
Dr. G.M Hossain
Director, Technology Transfer &
Monitoring Unit
Bangladesh Agricultural Research
Council
Farmgate, New Airport Road
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dr. R.T Gurung
Research Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
PO Box 252, Thimphu,
Bhutan.
Dr. S.B Gyaltshen
Acting Director
Research, Extension & Irrigation
Division, Ministry of Agriculture
PO Box 252, Thimphu, Bhutan
Dr. M.L Sarom
Plant Breeder
Cambodia-IRRI-Australia Project
PO Box 01, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Dr. M.S Soeun
Chief of Technical Research
Agronomy Office, Dept. of
Agronomy, MAFF, 10 Monireth Str.
PO Box 01, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Dr. P.G Weidong
Head, Research Management Division
Institute of Crop Germplasm
Resources, CAAS, 30 Bai Shi Qiao
Road, Beijing 100081, P.R.
China.
Dr. N.E Zhihua
Deputy Director
Dept. of Science & Technology
Management
Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, 30 Bai Shi Qiao Road
Beijing 100081, China
Dr. Jainend Kumar
Director Research
Koroniva Research Station
Ministry of Primary Industries
Forestry & Cooperatives
PO Box 77, Nausori, Fiji.
Dr. L.E Chadha
National Professor (Hort.)
Division of Fruits & Horticulture
Technology, IARI,
New Delhi 110 012, India.
Dr. P.S Chandel
Ex-Director, NBPGR
C/12 B DDA, MIG Flats
G-8 Area, Mayapuri,
New Delhi 110 064, India.
Dr. A.A Gupta
Indian Institute of Management
(and Society for Research &
Initiatives for Sustainable
Technologies & Inst.), Vastrapur
Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Dr. V.S Paroda
Director General ICAR and
Secretary DARE
Krishi Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Road, New Delhi 110 001, India
Dr. S.E Siddiq
National Professor
Directorate of Rice Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
India.
Dr. B.E Singh
Director
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Puse Campus
New Delhi 110 012
India.
Dr. M.I Manwan
c/o. Agency for Agricultural Research
& Development (AARD)
Jalan Merdeka No.147
Bogor 16111, Indonesia.
Dr. H. O Soedarsan
Agency for Agricultural Research
& Development (AARD)
Jl Ragunan 29
Pasar Minqqu, Jakarta
Indonesia.
Dr. L.S Wahid
Director
Central Research for Institute Industrial
Crops & Chairman,
National Committee for Genetic
Resources
Jalan Tentara Pelajar (Cimanggu)1
Bogor, West Java 1611
Indonesia.
Dr. F.M Seko
Genetic Resources Coordinator
National Institute of Agrobiological
Resources
Japan.
Dr. S.Y Kim
Director General
International Tech. Coop. Centre
Rural Development Administration
Suweon 441707, Republic of Korea
Dr. D.A Lee
Korean Germplasm Bank, National
Agricultural Science & Technlogy
Institute
Rural Development Administration
249 Sedun Dong, Suwon 441-707
Republic of Korea.
Dr. S.N.O Altansukh
National Coordiantor of Plant Genetic
Resources Programme
Mongolian Agricultural University,
Vice-Rector
210153, Ulan Batar, Zaisan-Haais
Mongolia.
Dr. U. Htein Lin
Manager
Myanmar Agriculture Service
Yangon,
Myanmar.
Dr. P.S Upadhyay
Agriculture Botany Division
Nepal Agricultural Research Council
PO Box 5459, Khumaltar, Lalitpur
Kathmandu,
Nepal.
Dr. M.A Khan
Ex-Chairman
Pakistan Agricultural Research
Council, Plot No. 20, G-5/1
P O Box 1031, Islamabad,
Pakistan
Dr. C.N Altoveros
University Researcher & Division
Head, National Plant Genetic
Resources Laboratory
Institute of Plant Breeding
University of Philippines
Los Baños
Philippines.
Dr. William D. Dar
Acting Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Diliman Quezon City
Philippines.
Dr. M.A Salazar
Chairperson
Programme Coordinating Committee
Community Biodiversity Conservation
Development Programme,
Quezon City
Philippines.
Dr. R.N Kambuou
Principal Agronomist (PGR)
National Agricultural Research Institute
Dry-Lowlands Programme-Laloki
P.O. Box 1828, Port Moresby, NCD
Papua New Guinea.
Dr. R.B Wayi
Director Research
Agricultural Research Division
Department of Agricultural Livestock
P.O. Box 417, KONEDOBU
Papua New Guinea
Dr. Ruth Liloqula
Director of Agricultural Research
P.O. Box G13
Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
HONIARA
Solomon Islands.
Dr. H.D Muthukuda
Arachchi
Dy. Director (Research)
Regional Agricultural Research &
Development Centre, Aralaganwila
Sri Lanka.
Dr. Jaray Sadakorn
Chief, Bangkok Herbarium
Botany and Weed Science Division
Department of Agriculture
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Thailand.
Dr. T.L Duong
Dy. Director & Head
Department of Plant Biodiversity
University of Can Tho, Truong Dai
hoc, Can Tho, Vietnam.
Dr. H.N Nghia
Director General
Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute
(VASI), Thanh Tri-Hanoi
Vietnam.
Dr. Luu Ngoc Trinh
National PGR Coordinator
Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute
(VASI), Van Dien, Thanh Tri-Hanoi
Vietnam
Dr. T. S Semisi
Assistant Director Research
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests,
Fisheries & Meteorology,
Research Division
Nuu Crop Development Center
Apia, Western Samoa.
Dr. G. S Ilangantileke
Regional Representative
International Potato Center
Regional Office for South & West
Asia, IARI, Pusa Campus
New Delhi, India.
Dr. N.M Anishetty
Senior Officer, Plant Genetic
Resources Group
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agricuture Organization of
the United Nations
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy.
Dr. M.S Chomchalow
Regional Plant Production Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and
Pacific, Maliwan Mansion,
39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: 66-2 2817844; Fax: 66-2-280-0445
Dr. I.I Kermali
Plant Genetic Resources Analyst,
AGPD
FAO/ICPPGR
Room B-750 bis,
Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100
Rome, Italy.
Dr. S. G. Loresto
International Rice Research Institute
PO Box 933, Manila 1099
Philippines.