The study found that wild rice has a higher abundance and diversity of disease-resistant genes than cultivated rice. Han's ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...

Kalro’s director general Dr Eliud Kireger said the Kalimara and Kalpaa rice varieties were developed through a partnership with the IRRI. These high-yielding, climate-smart varieties are set to ...

National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River & Forestry Ecological Engineering in the ...

The objective was to analyze the innovation system in the adoption of IR-43 (NIR) and Tinajones rice varieties by rice farmers in the Camaná Valley and determine the impacts on improvements in the ...

A person holds a head of wheat afflicted with fusarium head blight, a fungal disease of crops. Antifungal agents sprayed on crops are often used to treat human infections that are becoming increasing ...

A new variety of disease-resistant rice has been developed for use in Africa, where farmers have been dealing with ruined crops that threaten food security. Many regions are seeing rice plants ...

That said, the term has garnered somewhat of a negative connotation ― but in all honesty, many of these locations are actually worth a visit at least once. Think about it like this: They’re ...

besides conflicts with India’s application for GI tag for its basmati rice. India sought GI tag for Indian basmati varieties in July 2018, while Pakistan filed for such a status on February 23 ...

While resistant to fire blight, it is susceptible to bitter pit, powdery mildew, apple scab, and cedar apple rust. There are no known cedar trees nearby… but we will have to keep an eye on these 2-3 ...