<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Martin Hacthoun. Havana, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) More than 70 percent of rice crops in Cuba are planted with varieties obtained in the Rice Research Station of Los Palacios, in the westernly province of Pinar del Rio, where the scientific work focuses on genetic improvement.Elizabeth Cristo, an associate researcher in charge of that program at the center, which is attached to the National Agricultural Sciences Institute, said the seeds mainly used are INCA LP-5, obtained by grafting, and INCA LP-7, produced through biotechnological procedures.
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