Tokyo, Oct. 12 -- Professor Tran Dang Xuan, a Vietnamese agricultural and biotechnology scientist at the IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, Japan, is working to translate scientific research into practical benefits for Vietnam, particularly in agriculture, technology transfer and high-quality human resources development. Recently ranked first in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy at Hiroshima University by Research.com, he said his research on photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) for rice cultivation has shown promising initial results in Vietnam and Japan, with rice yields potentially increasing by more than 20%. Under certain trial conditions, combining PSB with 50% of the normal NPK fertiliser dose maintained yields comparable to thos...