Recently, the team led by Academician Qian Qian from the China National Rice Research Institute published an online research article in Science Bulletin entitled “Regulation of photosynthesis and ROS ...

For decades, rice breeders have confronted a persistent challenge: increases in grain yield are often accompanied by declines in grain quality. This long-standing trade-off has substantially impeded ...

The global demand for rice is projected to rise significantly by 2050, necessitating sustainable intensification of existing croplands. Now, researchers have made significant progress by developing ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) have finally identified the master ...

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may ...

Rice is a staple food for billions of people worldwide, but environmental and climate changes threaten the agricultural yields necessary to support the needs of an ever growing human population. An ...

Bacterial blight (BB) is a serious plant disease that mainly affects rice plants, especially in warm, humid regions. Due to ...

A researcher at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has been providing Extension outreach and technical assistance to partners in East Africa. Sathish Kumar Ponniah, associate professor of plant ...

Fall rainstorms dampened many rice farmers’ expectations of a good crop this past fall by delaying harvest, reducing grain quality and increasing ruts in fields. While final yield figures haven’t yet ...