Japanese biotechnologists on Sunday said they had developed a rice plant with deeper roots that can sustain high yields in droughts that wipe out conventional rice crops.

Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly ...

Plant doctors get to the root of plant stress in rice Date: August 18, 2015 Source: Texas A&M AgriLife Summary: Rice plants stress in heat, but they can't go indoors.

In wet soils, rice can survive in low oxygen environments by forming tube-like structures in its roots that allow the plant to bring oxygen to the roots. The introduction of oxygen into the flooded ...

Rice plants typically develop two types of lateral roots, which emerge from the primary root: the short and thin S-type; or the long and thicker L-type.

image: New imaging techniques allow researchers to consider how weedy rice plants have repeatedly evolved root systems that may convey a competitive advantage. view more Credit: Christopher Topp ...

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BOSTON — Rooted in place, plants can’t run away from arsenic-tainted soil — but they’re far from helpless. Scientists have identified enzymes that help rice plant roots tame arsenic ...

Normally, when rice performs photosynthesis, the plant’s stem and leaves will take in carbon dioxide and the plant converts it into starch, which is stored in the roots, stem and grains.

Legumes such as peanuts and soybeans have root nodules that can use nitrogen-fixing bacteria to provide ammonium to the plants. Cereal plants like rice and wheat don’t have that capability and must ...