Citation: Gurdev S Khush. 1994. Increasing the genetic yield potential of rice: prospects and approaches. International Rice Commission Newsletter 43:1-8.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, new rice plant ideotype, rationale, reduced tillering, large panicle, grain size, high density grain, canopy and leaf characteristics, crop growth duration, plant height, stem thickness, biomass production, harvest index, rice breeding, plant disease resistance, insect pest resistance, bacterial blight, blast, tungro, green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens, hybrid rice, indica and japonica hybrids