Very interesting. However, the fact that you can't replant hybrid rice, and are dependent on contiuous breeding of first-generation hybrids, makes it potential

Very interesting. However, the fact that you can't replant hybrid rice, and are dependent on contiuous breeding of first-generation hybrids, makes it potentially problematic politically. A state or privately-owned source of hybrids can have rice cultivating farmers "by the balls" so to speak.