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Secret unlocked to underwater rice seed survival

A team of scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the University of California Riverside recently published a study unlocking the secret to just how rice seeds might be able to survive when grown under water. The cover of Nature Plants’ September issue, featuring Tobias...

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Rice against the tide

A new breed of rice is helping Filipino farmers in Bohol cope with seawater encroaching on their paddies. But in the race against climate change impacts...

Côte d’Ivoire: An emerging rice powerhouse in West Africa

Once a rice exporter, Côte d’Ivoire has spent in recent years nearly USD 500 million annually on rice imports. Now, the country has set its sights on...

A rice breeder’s odyssey from surfer to scientist—and onward to “Mars”

David Mackill grew up in San Diego, California, in the 1960s and early ‘70s, enjoying the life of a beach bum and surfer on the nearby Pacific coast....

Scuba rice: Stemming the tide in flood-prone South Asia

Even after 17 days of submergence in IRRI research plots, Sub1 rice lines show their “waterproof” trait as they are still standing to the left, right,...

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