If you have soil that’s alive ... compared to continuously flooding rice fields. Regenerative organic advocates say implementing these practices—and transitioning away from the harms of ...

Heavily fertilized, continuously flooded rice fields produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, and misuse of inorganic fertilizers and agrochemicals results in soil and water ...

Ascribe Bio says it has developed a biopesticide for rice that increases yields by up to two tons per hectare, according to 2024 field trials.

Previous research had suggested that paddy-field soil might contain nitrogen-fixing microbes that can provide rice plants with additional nutrients to support their growth, Shida says.

When the rice fields were flooded, and arsenic was taken up, the researchers noticed methanogenesis happening, which is when organisms in the soil produce the potent greenhouse gas methane and ...

A recently published article in the journal Weed Science demonstrates just how devasting Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) can be for furrow-irrigated rice production, even in small amounts. The ...

Arsenic is naturally found in water and soil, but it finds its way into rice because rice is grown in flooded paddy fields that use a lot of irrigation water. Irrigation water is often polluted ...