Imam Khomeini (RA): Our Revolution was an Explosion of Light
Forty-two years ago, in such days, one of the most popular revolutions of the twentieth century won and succeeded in supporting the role and presence of the people in the social and political arena under the leadership of Imam Khomeini, eliminated the authoritarian monarchy and dependent on foreigners and bring a system based on religious democracy to Iranian society. The people and government of Iran have achieved many scientific, economic, and technological achievements in the field of agricultural self-sufficiency in the past four decades, despite the conspiracies and obstacles created by the enemies, including the imposed war, sanctions, economic terrorism, and maximum oppressive pressure, Industrial products, new and nanotechnology, peaceful nuclear energy, etc have been crystallized and the statistics of reputable international institutions indicate the comprehensive development of Iran, especially in the field of science and technology.
The Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII) is proud to congratulate the 42nd anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and the National Day of Iran to the honorable people of Iran and the lovers of the Islamic Republic of Iran in other countries. The most important achievements of the RRII during this brilliant part of Iran’s history are:
– Localization of hybrid rice technology
– Introducing and releasing more than 50 rice varieties
– Optimization of grain quality characters (Amylose, paste viscosity properties …)
– Mass purification of Hashemi rice Variety
– Ratoon technology introducing
– Introducing more than 10 crops as second crops in the rice-based cropping system
– Introducing of sexual pheromone rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis
– – Introducing of Trichogramma wasp as a controlling agent against rice moths pests, particularly, striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis
– – Application of Bacillus thuringiensis against initiation instars of larval of striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis
– Determination of N, P, K, and Zn requirement for local, hybrid and improved rice varieties
– Combination effect of irrigation regimes and N fertilizer on rice yield and yield component (Hashemi variety)
– Application of SSNM strategy for essential macronutrients on Guilan paddy fields
– Determination of component of rice water requirement
– Determination of irrigation water use efficiency of the Sepidrood irrigation channel
– Introducing and improvement of interval irrigation to execute partial irrigation on Sepidrood irrigation channel
– Prepare the paternal project of paddy fields consolidation
– Improvement of remote sensing technology systems to determine the total yield of rice
– Design and fabricating the rice bran stabilizer
– Localizing direct seeding technologies