Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...

A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical ...

Not only this, but much like vermiculite, rice hulls have the ability to retain moisture. This helps will moisture management, slowly releasing it to plant roots as needed. As an extra bonus ...

But producing rice typically emits a lot of methane – a powerful global warming gas. The methane is produced by microorganisms that thrive in the flooded fields where rice is grown. They break down ...

Japan’s Nagoya University researchers have recently identified a completely new plant tissue, something that has eluded observation for 160 years. Interestingly, this novel rabbit-shaped tissue is the ...

The more root growth, the more carbon in the ... better soil management, and plant breeding to minimize rice’s propensity to accumulate so much arsenic. “This is an area that I know is not ...