A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has worsened shortages. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from ...

The discovery of the resistosome was a milestone in plant immunity. Here, Zhong et al. identify a kinase that phosphorylates the NLR, and reveal how this kinase regulates resistosome assembly to ...

Gardening. Seems simple right? Plant some seeds, water them and watch them grow. Well, it takes a lot more than just water to ...

Throughout the growing seasons, the researchers measured the growth of the rice plants, their height, the number of stems or tillers, and, most importantly, the final yield, or how much grain and ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Future genome editing in plants will mimic the natural evolutionary processes ...