Arathi Menon. In a significant stride towards bolstering food security amid escalating climate challenges, researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and the
naveenika The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, is now looking to broaden its supplier base beyond Vietnam to secure more stable supply and competitive prices.
Researchers say they can improve rice harvests and grain quality by essentially turning off a temperature-sensitive gene found in some common rice varieties. By Allyson Chiu.
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden. by Grist By Ayurella
Chandrima S. Bhattacharya In a region hit hard by climate change, where salinity of agricultural land has become a major concern, indigenous rice varieties could bring some
Lead author Zhong Liyuan says it would take 8-10 years to produce a stable and widely adoptable rice variety through crossbreeding. Holly Chik Chinese scientists say they have
“Valuable resources for improving rice varieties.” by Doric Sam. Scientists in China have uncovered a possibly revolutionary development that can help shape the
China Daily. CHANGSHA — A team of students in China recently gave suggestions as to what rice might have tasted like in the country two millennia ago, based on their study of an
Discovered genes provide strategies to protect rice crops against climate change and to domesticate wild relatives that can grow in currently unproductive habitats. Peer-Reviewed