While rice water contains essential nutrients that can help your plants thrive, too much of a good thing can quickly go bad. Here's what we've learned about using rice water for plants—and which ...

More and more farmers in Rajbari are now growing black rice, which is rich in medicinal and nutritional properties, after learning that this high-yielding variety is less affected by pests and can be ...

The team sequenced the DNA of 51 plants belonging to three black and two red rice varieties, evaluated their genetic variations, and sorted them into four major varietal groups. They also analysed the ...

However, this time scientists at the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) in cereal section have embarked on breeding black ... Rice breeding programme, they acquired the breeding ...

And nutrient density is something the farm’s nursery pursues as well. Black rice in particular is full of antioxidants, and the company’s new variety “has some of the darkest bran we’ve ...

AS WITH all plants, rice needs water in order to thrive. However, when it comes to rice, the impression that most folk have of the plant is that it has to be grown in water at least knee-deep.