Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the South American country of Suriname, the Maroon community is growing incredible, rare strains of rice made to flourish in ...

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 ...

In Odisha, Debal Deb champions agricultural heritage by safeguarding over 1,400 indigenous rice varieties. His initiative, ...

The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture will allow Arkansas mills to give away two breeds of commercial grain developed by the Arkansas Rice Breeding Program to be used as rice seed to ...

Rice seed development is crucial for determining both crop yield and grain quality. The embryo and endosperm—specialized structures for propagation and nutrient storage, respectively—must grow in a ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since the early ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...

A TOTAL of 4.42 million bags of certified inbred seeds were distributed through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program during the 2025 wet and 2026 dry seasons, the Department ...

Native Americans used the staple for many foods for thousands of years, and it is now recognized as the state grass in Nevada and Utah In contrast to many other grass species, bunchgrasses do not have ...

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