Research achievements of the Rice Research Institute, Deputy of Mazandaran
1- Development and release of about 20 high yielding cultivars which have raised the average harvest yield of rice from 3 t/ha in 1978 to 5.5 tonnes per hectare in 2013.
2- Introduction of new management and technologies to reduce the costs and increase yield and its stability.
3- Release of blast-resistant cultivars.
4- Development and introduction of Integrated Pest Management practices against stripped stem borer.
5- Development of stem borer- and leaf borer-resistant varieties by genetic transformation.
6- Development of hybrid rice
and many other advances in agriculture field.