A series of advances in biotechnology have paved the way for ... rice fields (see Build a Rice Paddy). Farmers usually plant rice seed in a seedbed, then transplant young plants into the paddies ...

A plant biochemist at Michigan ... The debate over the use of biotechnology in developing countries recently went from simmer to boil about rice, which is eaten by three billion people and grown ...

In a major technical accomplishment, a team of researchers has inserted three genes into rice to allow the plant to produce ... typical of agricultural biotechnology so far. The three enzymes ...

During this process, plant breeders must grow and evaluate each plant from each seed produced. More than 2,500 plant varieties (including rice ... In agricultural biotechnology, changes are ...

Chinese scientists have identified a gene that could enable the fully mechanised production of hybrid rice ... be to plant a mix of the sterile and restorer lines and harvest all the seeds ...