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To help people who do rice research, IRRI developed the Rice Thesaurus, a searchable electronic database consisting of more than 3,200 standard terms pertaining to rice and related subjects. The thesaurus is used by information providers as a source of controlled vocabularies for the subject description of books, journal articles, conference papers and other information sources.
 

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“Scuba rice” that can survive more than two weeks under water can now be planted by farmers to improve rice yields on flood-prone land in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where the variety Swarna-Sub1 has been officially approved, and the word is other states will follow suit soon. Earlier this week, Swarna-Sub1 was approved in Orissa state. Rice Today’s April-June 2009 edition features the remarkable development of the submergence-tolerant rice. 
 

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In 2010, IRRI celebrates 50 years of rice research that has helped feed the world. Activities lined up include: * Anniversary launch by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, 17 November 2009, in Los Baños, Philippines * The 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium, 16-19 November 2009, in Manila * A board meeting and an alumni and scholars' homecoming in 12-17 April 2010 in Los Baños.