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

Chinese researchers recently uncovered molecular evidence supporting Lamarckism—a long-debated theory from the early 19th ...

The team didn’t look at just any rice, but some of the grain varieties most produced and consumed worldwide. After nearly a decade of observing and analyzing the growth of the plants ...

The rice plant and soil microorganisms have a collaborative relationship. The plant releases organic carbon through its roots, which feeds the microbes, which release nutrients that sustain the rice.

India, Vietnam, and China are among the group of eight nations that lead the rest of the world in rice exports. After nearly a decade of observing and analyzing the growth of the plants ...

A new variety of rice created by simple crossbreeding could reduce the crop’s emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by nearly three-quarters. Rice growing is responsible for around 12 ...

A common sunscreen ingredient, zinc nanoparticles, may help protect rice from heat-related stress, an increasingly common problem under climate change. Zinc is known to play an important role in ...

If you’ve never heard of Texas wild rice, you’re not alone. The plant’s obscurity is a consequence of its rarity. Endemic to Central Texas and listed as federally endangered, Zizania texana ...