When Bloomberg published a report on Apr. 8, 2021, identifying Bangladesh as the 12th largest methane emitter globally, attributing a significant share to rice cultivation, the country’s rice ...

As of Jan. 1, 2025, every company that sells baby food products in California is required to test for four heavy metals every ...

Rice is a staple food for half the world's population, but its cultivation leads to significant emissions of the greenhouse ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between Chinese and Swedish scientists has resulted in the development of a new rice variety ...

Bare root plants are a great way to get less common plants that may be only available through catalog sources and can be real bargains if purchased by the bag locally. However, receiving bare root ...

Rice plants are a big source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those ...

Methane emissions from rice paddies occur when microbes break down organic compounds released by rice roots. Rice plant roots release organic substances that feed soil microbes, aiding plant growth by ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for breeding high-yielding corn in the U.S., appear to have lost a portion of ...

Chinese and Swedish researchers have developed a high-yield rice variety that emits up to 70 per cent less methane than normal rice after uncovering how chemicals released by rice roots influence ...

What Exactly Is Chicory Root? The chicory root is part of the chicory plant (Cichorium intybus). It is native to the Mediterranean and used in parts of Africa, Europe, and North America. This ...

per plant. Detailed descriptions of the 32 root traits and five shoot-related traits are listed in Table 2. Table 2. Description of 32 root-related traits and five shoot traits in rice characterized ...