Weedy rice is a feral form of rice that infests paddies worldwide and aggressively outcompetes cultivated varieties. A new study led by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis shows that weed ...

A recent spate of crop biotech breakthroughs presage a New Green Revolution that will boost crop production, shrink agriculture's environmental footprint, help us weather future climate change, and ...

Meru, Embu, and Tharaka Nithi counties are witnessing a green revolution with the rapid adoption of high-yielding upland rice varieties. This promising shift is spearheaded by a collaboration between ...

• During the breeding process of cultivated crops, resistance genes to pests and diseases are commonly introgressed from wild species. The size of these introgressions is predicted by theoretical ...

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Feeding the planet's 8 billion people is challenge enough and our current industrialized commercial practices are causing such ecological damage that we may soon find ourselves hard-pressed to feed ...

In a breakthrough that could reshape global agriculture, Chinese scientists have reported a hardier form of rice designed for ...

UC Davis plant scientist Junli Zhang has discovered genes that would allow high-yielding wheat varieties to better withstand drought conditions. Photo by Trina Kleist, UC Davis. Dwarfing genes in ...

Ray Offenheiser discusses the humble plant breeder’s audacious plan to feed the world and the fallout he didn’t forsee. Borlaug smiling in wheat field. Image, 1960s. International Maize and Wheat ...

Electric motorbike riders have moved to court, in a standoff with the American-based taxi-hailing company Uber B.V., over bonuses. With inflation soaring and the cost of living showing no signs of ...