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Climate change threatens rice production

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Once-in-a-lifetime floods in the Philippines, India's delayed monsoon, and extensive drought in Australia are taking their toll on this year's rice crops, demonstrating the vulnerability of rice to extreme weather.


Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods -- intended to improve consumers’ health -- researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to ...


NAU discovery could help feed millions

New discovery could help feed millions (w/Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 31

When scientist Loretta Mayer set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, she didn't realize her work could lead to addressing world hunger and feeding hundreds of millions of people.


Research finds way to double rice crops in drought-stricken areas

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University of Alberta research has yielded a way to double the output of rice crops in some of the world's poorest, most distressed areas.





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This photos shows rice growing from bio-engineered soil aimed at enhancing its productivity at a trade show in July 2009

Taiwan scientists identify flood-tolerant gene in rice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A Taiwanese scientist has said her research team has found the gene that allows rice to grow under water and believes the breakthrough could help develop other flood-resistant crops.


A built-in strategy for transgene containment

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created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A method of creating selective terminable transgenic rice was reported by the scientists of Zhejiang University in this week’s PLoS ONE. Unintended spreading of transgenic rice by pollen and seed dispersal is a major concer ...


Rice grown in United States contains less-dangerous form of arsenic

Rice grown in United States contains less-dangerous form of arsenic

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Rice grown in the United States may be safer than varieties from Asia and Europe, according to a new global study of the grain that feeds over half of humanity. The study evaluated levels of arsenic, which ...


Traditional Thai hill farmers help preserve genetic diversity of rice

Traditional Thai hill farmers help preserve genetic diversity of rice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice is one of the most important crops worldwide, as it feeds over half of the world's population. Domesticated rice is an important supply of the world's rice. However, these strains are ...


Arizona researchers to sequence West African rice strain

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Arizona researchers to unlock the genetic code of West African cultivated rice - and along the way to gain knowledge that could help commercial ...


Gene's past could improve the future of rice

Gene's past could improve the future of rice

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created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to improve rice varieties, a Purdue University researcher was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by using a process that focuses on one gene.


New, higher-yielding rice plant could ease threat of hunger for poor

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An ambitious project to re-engineer photosynthesis in rice, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through a global consortium of scientists, has received a grant of US$11 million over 3 years from the Bill ...


Biofuels may lead to a 'drink or drive' issue

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rice University scientists warned that the United States must be careful that the new emphasis on developing biofuels as an alternative to imported oil takes into account potential damage to the nation's water resources.


Researchers examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As a major food source for much of the world, rice is one of the most important plants on earth.


Bioengineer Ray Wu dead at 79

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created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ray Wu, a biochemist and genetic engineer who led research into genetically modified crops and environmental stress, died in New York at the age of 79.



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