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

the GM plants released less fumarate and more ethanol, inhibiting methanogens, they found. The team then screened about two dozen rice strains and found an heirloom varietal that also secretes low ...

Rice cultivation is responsible for around 12% of global methane emissions, and these emissions are expected to increase with global warming and as the human population continues to grow.

Photosynthesis slows down as the thermometer rises, which also slows the plants' growth and capacity to reproduce. Research published two years ago shows rice yields are declining by 10% for every ...