Citation: HM Beachell, Gurdev S. Khush. 1969. Objectives of the IRRI breeding program. SABRAO Newsletter 1:69-80.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, Green Revolution, new plant type, modern rice variety, nitrogen responsiveness, photoperiod insensitivity, disease and insect resistance, Nephotettix virescens, Nilaparvata lugens, shorter growth duration, resistance to typhoon damage, slow leaf senescence, threshability, grain dormancy, grain size and appearance, milling recovery, eating and cooking quality, protein content, cold tolerance, flood tolerant