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

When submerged in flooded soils, many plants can’t breathe and are too stressed to grow, but rice can survive and even thrive. Frank Linam, a plant and soil sciences doctoral student at the University ...

A futuristic rice plant just 10cm tall could feed astronauts and help make Moon bases possible — and maybe even transform ...

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 ...

Can your leftover rice water be the key to keeping your difficult orchid happy and healthy? Experts believe so ...

Despite being the primary food for more than half of the world's population, rice cultivation is very resource-intensive, ...

If you have chosen trees, shrubs or perennials you’d like to add to your garden this spring, consider trying to buy them as bare-root plants. “They can cost less, because nobody’s paying to ...

In principle, crops like tomatoes, potatoes, rice, wheat and corn could be altered to grow more and denser roots, because we now know how plants get their roots to grow.

Reduce kitchen waste and grow a healthier garden and houseplants by making your own rice water for plants. It's so easy!

Root rot can have several causes, but the signs of disease and damage look very much the same. We'll explain what causes root rot, the signs of root rot, and most importantly, how to avoid root rot.

Their findings were published in April in the journal Molecular Plant. Drought tolerance in upland rice Upland rice, they explained, naturally grows in dry areas thanks to its sturdy roots.