Various approaches have been used to improve the performance of adapted indigenous stock, including cross-breeding and upgrading through back-crossing with improved breeds, and within-line selection.

The team is now doing field tests. The first breeding line is expected to be released next year for use by private seed companies and public soybean breeders.

Using this technology, the purity problem during seed production in three-line, two-line or chemical-emasculated hybrid rice breeding system could be solved and some new combinations could be bred.