The Asian Scientist 100
Li Jiayang
Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Institution
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Country
China
Field
Agricultural Sciences
Li was elected a foreign member of the UK’s Royal Society in 2015 for establishing forward genetics approaches in rice, which have led to the development of improved rice varieties.
(Photo: Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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