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

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 ...

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 ...

Moreover, overexpression of WUS can promote somatic embryogenesis and shoot regeneration in plants like Arabidopsis. Collaborating with Yazhouwan National Laboratory and China National Rice ...

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano detail a possible solution that doesn’t require genetic modification to make rice plants thrive in these conditions. In lab experiments, they determined that ...

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.