In the South American country of Suriname, the Maroon community is growing incredible, rare strains of rice made to flourish in the world's changing weather, The Guardian reported. The Maroons are ...

An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95 percent efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making ...

Rice is one of the most important grains in the food supply network. The humble cereal is an essential part of the diet of around half of the world's population. However, it is labor intensive and a ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since the early ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Rice grown for seed rice was the focus of a yearlong investigation by the Arkansas Rice Processing Program using X-ray imaging to determine the impact of higher drying ...

New research suggests that the historical emergence of cultivated rice from wild rice plants resulted from a combination of three gene mutations that make the seeds (i.e., the grains of rice) fall ...

The Philippines seeks to preserve its rice genetic diversity INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to deposit additional rice seed samples in “doomsday vaults” here and abroad ...

They may be small, but grains and seeds can be a powerful source of protein. Learn more about which types offer the most ...

Mozambique needs 26,000 tonnes of certified maize, bean and rice seeds to respond to the situation caused by the floods and ...