Researchers say they can improve rice harvests and grain quality by essentially turning off a temperature-sensitive gene found in some common rice varieties.

In a world where climate pressures are mounting and freshwater is running low, the Jaspe strain offers a more sustainable future for rice farming.

Chinese researchers recently discovered molecular evidence supporting Lamarckism, a long-debated theory from the early 19th ...

BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have discovered molecular evidence supporting a long-debated evolutionary theory, showing that ...

Rice farmers in Kisumu will benefit from Sh30 million rice milling plant in Ahero as authorities step up efforts to boost production. The county government signed a strategic lease agreement with ...

The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) here has established a pilot plant for fortified rice kernels (FRK) with the aim of addressing the nutritional ...

A Kentucky energy provider has broken ground for a new 75-MW power plant that will use reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE) technology from Wärtsilä. The Kentucky Municipal Energy ...

If you’ve never heard of Texas wild rice, you’re not alone. The plant’s obscurity is a consequence of its rarity. Endemic to Central Texas and listed as federally endangered, Zizania texana ...

Hybrid strains of rice, which are produced by crossing two pure strains, can yield almost double the harvest, but producing them is expensive and requires farmers to purchase new seed each year. If ...

It took so long to convince funders to support his first-of-its-kind rice straw board plant because the raw material supply, the manufacturing plan, and the markets all had to be perfect.

But according to several studies, rice water for plants may be one of the most useful natural fertilizers yet, and you can easily make it at home. As any gardener knows, plants need sunlight ...

We’ve achieved this in rice crops, but the framework we’ve created could be applied to other plants and unlock other opportunities to improve their microbiome," said the University of ...