Scientists boost plant disease resistance by engineering their microbiome
It could eventually lead to lower use of pesticides in agriculture
Tag: rice
Chinese astronauts grow rice and cress in space, on the Tiangong 1 station
More and more experiments show that food can be grown in space.
Researchers create hi-tech, quantum-dot LED light using discarded rice husks
About 100 million tons of rice husk are produced every year. Why not use it to create new things?
Asia’s languages developed and spread alongside rice, millet agriculture
This would make them much older than previously assumed.
A world first: Philippines will soon start eating GMO “golden rice”
The variety of rice can help tackle childhood malnutrition and promises to bring a revolution in the developing world.
New study points the way to rice straw soaps
Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.
Air pollution levels rise by 30% in India as farmers align to new groundwater depletion policy
On one hand, northwest India needs to tackle groundwater depletion. On the other hand, air pollution claimed the lives of ...
The world’s farms are dominated by only four crops
This puts us at great risk.
GMO rice may hold the key to fighting HIV on the cheap
The grains can be made into a paste containing anti-HIV proteins.
Rice is losing its nutritional value due to rising CO2 levels
Rice is losing proteins, vitamins, and minerals due to rising CO2 in the atmosphere.
Reinventing rice: New saltwater rice developed in China could feed over 200 million people
It could make a big difference in many parts of the world.
India’s Bakey edible spoon does two of my favorite things: limits dishes and plastic waste
India-based company Bakeys has started producing edible spoons to try and fight world-wide plastic waste from disposable cutlery. Not only ...
This GMO rice tackles global warming by emitting 100 times less methane
Following a three-year-long trial in the rice of fields of China, scientists report a new genetically modified strain that promises ...
Simple way of cooking rice could halve its calories
I know, the title sounds like one of those scams that promise you'll lose weight - but this is all ...