The BBC got a sneak peek at the rice plants before harvest. Rice plants look a lot like thick grass. But running up the ...

The cultivation of rice -- the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world -- comes with extremely high ...

A rice field in Bengal, India. Rice is a staple crop for billions of people, but it has proved difficult to bring high-yield hybrid rice strainers to farmers. UC Davis scientists have developed a ...

RICE is one of the most important cereal crops and is a major export commodity. But the average rice yield per acre here is low compared to that of other rice-producing countries. An important reason ...

As a cornerstone of Indian agriculture and a critical contributor to the national economy and food security across Asia, rice presents both enormous opportunities and pressing challenges. Modern gene ...

The UK’s first rice crop is being harvested after a record-breaking summer. Newly created paddy fields in the Cambridgeshire ...

Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield ...

After idling half the state’s normal rice acreage last year due to water shortages, farmers of the grain are back in full force with harvest underway in the Sacramento Valley. They’re off to a later ...

NEW DELHI >> Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of ...

Scientists mapping pest behavior, identifying viral drivers and shaping new producer guidance for 2026 planting ...