Pritesh Roy完成了硕士学位自2009年以来，在生物技术学院（印度农业研究委员会）就一直在他的博士学位研究。而且通常缺乏城市。”

作为植物学家，他一直对保护天然植物园有敏锐的渴望。在最近访问水稻研究的地区，他观察到由于引入了高产品种而对本地陆地的显着侵蚀。这启发了他将其引起童年爱好 - 摄影的人们的注意。

“我的导师Gjn Rao博士是大米研究的先驱科学家之一，一直鼓励我越来越精确地代表我的思想，还有什么最合适的，而不是一张摄影，以表现出稻米的多样性和重要性保护。”

Can you explain a bit more about this image?

该图显示了印度芳香疗法的多样性，以实现引理颜色，谷物形状，大小以及存在或不存在awn的多样性。在中央水稻研究所，我们从印度不同地区收集了数百种本地芳香稻种质。

I found a discarded chocolate case which I thought to use in some aspect and utilized it as a platform for uniformly placing the rice grains shown in the image. I never expected that the simple image could be so effective. I am quite happy that rather than writing several pages, only a simple image can urge for preservation of natural heritages which is rapidly declining over the years.

When I captured this photograph of rice diversity, I thought of putting it on social media to raise awareness to different professions who are not directly connected to natural heritages. But the ‘BMC Ecology图像竞赛为我提供了一个更大的平台，并通过包括我的图像在不同类别中很好地代表了自然的美。

Why is this staple crop so important?

Rice is the only cereal whose every plant part is being used in several aspects. Rice, undoubtedly the staple food crop of billions, is nutritionally rich and contributes approximately 40–80% of calories and 40% of the protein in the Asian Diet.

数千年来，稻米塑造了全球数百万人的文化，饮食和经济。2004年被联合国指定为“稻米国际年”，反映了稻米对人类社区的重要性和重要性。

您可以在图像中捕获大米谷物的多样性。每种谷物的使用方式是否不同，如果是的话，如何？

该图像代表了天然芳族短晶粒的多样性。

India is one of the major exporters of Basmati rice but the indigenous short grain aromatic rice grown in different agro-climatic zones are consumed locally. Other than Basmati, the indigenous short grain aromatic rices are grown in localized pockets in almost all states of the country.

These rices possess a unique aroma; cooking and eating qualities are consumed locally as a delicacy. These specialty rices are treated as sacred among people and many of them are being used in several temple duties.

不同地区培养和exercis的农民e selection practices according to their traditional perception and ethnic values and therefore the grain types in these aromatic rices represent their geographical area of cultivation. Specifically most of these aromatic rices are pudding for different auspicious occasions.

您是如何参与稻米研究的？

In the era of high yielding rice varieties and hybrids, the short grain aromatic varieties have gained less research attention for their low yielding ability.

After completion of my Masters in Biotechnology, I had the opportunity to undertake my Doctoral work at Central Rice Research Institute, one of the premier rice research institutes in the world. In the era of high yielding rice varieties and hybrids, the short grain aromatic varieties have gained less research attention for their low yielding ability.

我在我们的研究所拥有大量的这些特种大米，为芳族短谷物水稻地的表征（在农业形态和分子水平上）设计了自己的作品，这些谷物水稻层次可以为其遗传潜力提供见解，从而增强其逻辑保护策略。

Why is it important to study the traits and genes of this diverse crop?

产量停滞是世界各地许多种植作物的主要关注点。迫切需要繁殖具有营养特性的高产品种，抗病性害虫性以及对生物和非生物胁迫的耐受性。

However, the rapid climate change scenario has made the issue more critical. Therefore, understanding the trait expression in different agro-climatic conditions is a predominant thrust. Identification of valuable traits available in diverse crop groups and isolating/mining novel allele(s)/gene(s) underlying such traits could be valuable to develop superior varieties and feeding millions in the future.

您认为这种农作物的未来研究如何？

全球水稻研究正在迅速发展。资源贫穷，小型和边缘农民主要取决于我们称之为陆地的品种。这些水稻地面的遗传增强可以在许多农民的经济增强中起重要作用。

此外，性质的特异性特异性表征将导致许多可用于未来水稻改善的上级性状的新来源。

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