Rice farming emissions have doubled over the past 60 years, but practical changes could cut methane pollution without reducing yields.

Rice has always been a heat-loving plant, at home in the warm, wet landscapes of Asia. It spread with the first farmers, fed ...

There are ways to reduce emissions without sacrificing yield. A new study shows how, and looks at a technique billed as ...

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Field trials in India show that bio-fertilizers containing naturally occurring soil fungi enhance growth in rice plants. This may offer a pathway to reducing farmers' reliance on synthetic fertilizers ...

Although rice grows best in warm, wet environments, excessive heat can disrupt photosynthesis, damage pollen, and reduce ...

Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

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