All over China, a huge change has been taking place without any of us noticing. Rice paddies have been (and are being) converted at an astonishing rate into aquaculture ponds to produce more protein for the worlds growing ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2019
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Rice is a staple food crop of 20 percent of the world's population. It's also grown on every continent except Antarctica.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2018
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An analysis of the chemical signals sent out by rice plants under attack by the brown planthopper could help in natural control of this insect pest.
Biotechnology
Sep 6, 2018
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Commonly available eco-friendly plants and materials can be used to trap rice-crop-invading snails in place of chemicals, according to new research in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science.
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2016
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University of Delaware researchers have discovered a soil microbe that mobilizes an "iron shield" to block the uptake of toxic arsenic in rice.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2015
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Adding lime is a cost-effective means of increasing rice production on marginal acidic soils, according to a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. The study examined the effects of applying ...
Biotechnology
Jun 20, 2014
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Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of the 20th century, according to new UC Irvine research being published ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2012
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Fujitsu today announced that, in collaboration with the Federation of Hokkaido Agricultural Mutual Aid Association (Hokkaido NOSAI) and the Kamikawa Chuo Agricultural Mutual Aid Association (Kamikawa Chuo NOSAI), it will ...
Biotechnology
Aug 17, 2012
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Rice farmers in the Sahel region will be able to successfully grow rice in a sustainable way despite climate change if they amend their irrigation in the short term and rice varieties are developed able to cope with higher ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2011
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More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedback to our changing atmosphere ...
Environment
Jul 13, 2011
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