Singapore: Four ground breaking articles regarding rice research in Thailand have been published by Dr Theerayut Toojinda, principal researcher, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and deputy director at Rice Gene Discovery Unit (RGDU), Thailand, and Dr Jonaliza Lanceras-Siangliw, researcher, at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand, in the April issue of Asia Pacific Biotech News.

The articles, which are titled, 'ASEAN Economic Community 2015'; 'Advancing Rice Agriculture through Molecular Breeding'; 'Boosting Thailand's Food and Feed Industry' and 'Building Manpower Capacity and Capabilities for Thailand and ASEAN' provide in depth information about the developments taking place in the domain of rice research.