Science - Rice Today

Thinking beyond the SUB1 gene: Making rice varieties that can survive longer floods and produce higher yields

A milestone in rice breeding involved the SUB1 gene that enables rice to survive underwater for 14 days. This gene has been introduced into several mega...

Diversified rice farms with vegetable plots and flower strips are associated with fewer pesticide applications in the Philippines

The high use of chemical pesticides at large scales and the co-dependence of technologies, such as hybrid rice varieties and direct-seeded rice, are associated...

Irrigating with cooler water does not reverse high temperature impact on grain yield and quality in hybrid rice

High temperatures cause significant yield losses in major rice-growing areas of the world, posing a stiff challenge in meeting the demand for rice from...

Tools for using the International Rice Genebank to breed for climate-resilient varieties

Traditional rice varieties have been critical for developing improved stress-tolerant rice varieties. Tools to analyze the genome sequences of traditional...

Farmer-led popularization and dissemination of new rice varieties in Telangana help close the seed gap

Even though Telangana is one of the leading rice-producing states in India, the awareness and options around new varieties among a significant number of...

New rice variety creates game-changing opportunities for farmers in the Haor Basin of Bangladesh

The Haor Region has been experiencing early-season flash floods almost every year. The flash floods completely inundate rice fields immediately before...

Mid-infrared spectroscopy: An effective tool to enhance the Soil Health Card scheme in India

Periodically assessing the soil’s health is very important to show the effect of current agricultural practices on the soil and maintain soil nutrients...

The farmers who till the harsh coastal lands of Bangladesh and the salt-tolerant rice varieties that changed their story

Rice cultivation in the salt flats of southern Bangladesh accounts for 25% of the country’s total cultivated land. In this coastal area, characterized...

Mechanized seeding provides farmers with groundbreaking improvements in productivity, profits, and livelihoods

Bikram Palatasingh. a smallholder farmer in Puri District, took more than 20 years to be able to buy agricultural machines. But, without any formal training...

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