Temasek Rice Ready to Take on Global Market After Grant of Plant Varieties Protection
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) received a boost today when it was granted Plant Varieties Protection (PVP) for Temasek Rice by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). The PVP distinguishes Temasek Rice – a “bred in Singapore” rice variety – from more than 40,000 varieties of the Oryza sativa species1 globally. A top quality,…
Dr Yin Zhongchao named Singapore’s Outstanding Rice Scientist for 2017 ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award
07 August 2017, Philippines – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) congratulates Dr Yin Zhongchao on being conferred the Outstanding Rice Scientist of Singapore at the ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award. This award recognizes Dr Yin’s outstanding scientific research in the field of understanding bacterial diseases in rice as well as his positive contribution…
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore makes its First Deposit with Norwegian’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault
10 October 2016, Norway and Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL), the Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) are pleased to announce Singapore’s first deposit in the Norwegian’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a fail-safe seed storage facility that was designed and built to protect crop seeds…
Singapore’s Temasek Rice Developed by TLL Scientists for Regional Food Security
6 August 2016, Singapore – Scientists at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have successfully developed a fragrant rice variety – Temasek Rice, that possesses superior grain quality, is high in dietary fibre and imbued with traits that can mitigate threats from factors such as climate change. This will help contribute to longer-term food security for…
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore and Anhui Rice Research Institute, China Collaborate on Rice Research and Manpower Training
6 March 2015, China and Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Anhui Rice Research Institute (ARRI) of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences are pleased to announce the successful joint development of an improved rice variety, TS4, which has desirable traits such as shorter plant height and growth duration, low amylase content as well…
Singapore Researchers Get Significant Boost in Rice Research for Regional Food Security
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) received a major boost in their research efforts that contribute towards ensuring food security. The Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) will invest up to SGD$10 million (US$8.2 million) over 5 years in a new rice research programme to help ensure there…