Citation: Gurdev S Khush and H. Leung. 2000. Plant genome research and breeding strategies for sustainable food production in 21st century. Pages 15-27. In: L. Esaki (editor). New frontiers of science and technology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Science Frontiers Tsukuba 999, November 17-19, 1999 at Tsukuba Center, Japan. Universal Academy Press Inc., Tokyo, Japan.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, world food grain requirements, strategies for increasing yield, plant geonomics for crop improvement, management of genetic resources, biodiversity, tagging genes of economic importance, QLT analysis, disease resistance, blast, bacterial blight, tungro, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, gall midge Orseolia oryzae, gene pyramiding, map-based gene cloning, functional genomics,