News tagged with rice species

Philippines creates haven for endangered duck

The Philippines has created a protected area to save a species of endangered wild duck, with just 5,000 of the birds remaining, government documents released on Monday said.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rice's origins point to China, genome researchers conclude

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. Their findings, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene's past could improve the future of rice

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to improve rice varieties, a Purdue University researcher was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by using a process that focuses on one gene.

Biology /

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0