Bakanae disease symptoms can vary according to a number of circumstances, including age, cultivar resistance, and stress levels. Since younger plants are more vulnerable to infection and the effects ...

Big things are happening at China’s Tiangong Space Station. The state-owned newspaper China Daily reports that Chinese astronauts onboard the craft have successfully hatched rice seedlings in space.

Despite the fact that there have been prior rice experiments in space, the one being carried out on Tiangong is the first of its kind in producing the entire life cycle of the plant, which starts with ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. To fight food insecurity and climate change, Senegal is increasingly employing a relatively new strategy for growing rice, known as the “system of ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...

According to Indonesian legend, rice was bestowed upon the island of Java by the goddess Dewi Sri. Pitying its inhabitants the blandness of their existing staple, cassava, she taught them how to ...

A U.S.-based non-governmental organization has been helping North Korea boost agriculture production. American Friends Service Committee introduced rice trays to North Korea that have increased ...

Bangladesh has recorded a sharp jump in hybrid rice coverage as many farmers gradually move away from farming inbred and local varieties, looking for higher yields and profits.

Artistic rendering of floating ocean farms designed by Agrisea. Farms would be 0-200km from shore and would utilize on wave energy. Growing rice in the ocean sounds a little whacky, but ocean ...