Explore the significance of rice in Asia, from its historical roots and diverse culinary uses to the breathtaking rice ...

Researchers have discovered how to significantly reduce methane emissions from rice fields without compromising crop yields.

However, golden rice is sometimes not being grown commercially due to fears associated with genetically modified crops. Resistance to diseases could be introduced into susceptible crops using ...

Food scientists in China have found a new way to regulate plant hormones that could hold promise for boosting the yields and quality of crops such as rice, as global warming shrinks the world’s ...

in part because of the associated climate risks to the rice crop. Unfortunately, the researchers said that field data, the conventional method for farmers to monitor the country's rice, is not keeping ...

Farmers in the flood-affected areas of Lakshmipur and Noakhali are up against severe challenges as much of their Aman rice crops are immature. By mid-January, the Aman rice is typically harvested, but ...

However, a recent report on food systems and its accompanying study suggest that, on a global level, yields of many key crops are in fact increasing, and those who cannot afford to eat a healthy diet ...

The benefit of the expression of this protein by corn plants is a reduction in the amount of insecticide that farmers must apply to their crops. Unfortunately, seeds containing genes for ...

Interseeding cover crops can be an effective and timely way to establish cover crops in cornfields here in Minnesota. Planting cover crops after the corn harvest in the fall may run the risk of ...

Listen to Story Air pollution is a major cause of the decline in the yield of agricultural crops Rice and wheat are two grains that are the major staple food hit by pollution The study is published in ...