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 ...

At any given time, Lundberg is testing thousands of rice varieties in their greenhouse and test field. Over the past 10 years, Lundberg has trialed over 80,000 unique breeding lines, and in the ...

(a) Pictures of PF- and field-cultivated rice seeds; (b) growth cycle of PF- and field-cultivated rice seeds; (c) picture of rice speed breeding. A recent study has brought to light some exciting ...

Recently, the team led by Academician Qian Qian from the China National Rice Research Institute published an online research article in Science Bulletin entitled “Regulation of photosynthesis and ROS ...

Rice is a staple food for billions of people worldwide, but environmental and climate changes threaten the agricultural yields necessary to support the needs of an ever growing human population. An ...

After 20 years of research, Chinese scientists have discovered the immune mechanism by which some rice resists bacterial ...

Drought is the most devastating abiotic stress factor worldwide affecting crop production, severely limiting plant growth and development and reducing crop yields. It is projected to worsen with ...

A healthier version of rice could soon be coming to the market, containing more protein and having less of an impact on blood sugar levels, according to a recent study. An international team of ...

Brand celebrates 50th anniversary of its nursery: The only specialty organic rice breeding program of its kind in the U.S. This announcement coincides with the 50th anniversary of Lundberg’s ...

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