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Russia Unveils Key to Future of Agriculture
Russia Unveils Key to Future of Agriculture
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Russia Unveils Key to Future of Agriculture 13.07.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Russia Unveils Key to Future of AgricultureGeneticists at the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a method to enhance the productivity of crops like rice, the Russian Science Foundation told Sputnik.The breakthrough hinges on "jumping genes," or DNA segments, which play a crucial role in plant evolution and disease resistance. However, these genes often mutate and become difficult to detect over time.The scientists have developed a novel algorithm, far more advanced than existing tools. This algorithm identified 992,739 patterns across 79 families in the rice (Oryza sativa) genome — 56% more than those detected by the widely used EDTA algorithm.The next phase of this research involves establishing a global database of these genetic elements, making them accessible to the scientific community worldwide.
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Russia Unveils Key to Future of Agriculture
20:12 13.07.2025 (Updated: 08:31 14.07.2025) Russia Unveils Key to Future of Agriculture
Geneticists at the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a method to enhance the productivity of crops like rice, the Russian Science Foundation told Sputnik.
The breakthrough hinges on "jumping genes," or DNA segments, which play a crucial role in plant evolution and disease resistance. However, these genes often mutate and become difficult to detect over time.
The scientists have developed a novel algorithm, far more advanced than existing tools. This algorithm identified 992,739 patterns across 79 families in the rice (Oryza sativa) genome — 56% more than those detected by the widely used EDTA algorithm.
"Rice is the staple food of over a billion people. Developing new high-yielding varieties of this plant is an important nutritional task," explained Yevgeny Korotkov from the Academy of Sciences.
The next phase of this research involves establishing a global database of these genetic elements, making them accessible to the scientific community worldwide.
