Related Initiatives USAID Linkage Program Projects Advance IRFGC Goals To accelerate gene discovery, IRRI has invested USAID Linkage Program funds into seven collaborative projects with eight US research laboratories. Elucidating the function of novel ubiquitination-related E3 ligase genes in the defense response to rice pathogens(Guo-Liang Wang, Ohio State University) Use and Optimization of Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Rice (Richard S. Nelson, Noble Foundation) Validating Functions of Candidate Defense Genes for Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance (Jan E. Leach, Kansas State University) Allelic function in wild, indica and japonica rices (Scott Jackson, Purdue University) Molecular and genomic characterization of submergence tolerance in rice (Julia Bailey-Serres, UC-Riverside Pam Ronald, UC-Davis) Genomic comparisons between barley and rice in relation to salt adaptation and heritable salt tolerance.(Timothy J. Close, UC-Riverside) Functional analysis of drought-associated regulatory genes and high throughput RNA interference in rice (Yinong Yang, University of Arkansas) USDA NRI projects support IRFGC objectives Three funded USDA NRI projects will advance IRFGC objectives. Systematic determination of the rice gene set (WR McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Use of oligo arrays to dissect rice defense response pathways (GL Wang, Ohio State University) TILLING resources for japonica and indica rice (L Comai, University of Washington) For a complete list of projects, click here to see the USDA NRI website. US Rice Genetic Stocks Center PAG satellite meeting Report on US Rice Genetics Stock Center back to top