Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...

Warmer temperatures and more carbon dioxide will boost levels of arsenic, a dangerous heavy metal, according to new research.

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

These real plants presented their own logistical issues ... production had to grow out rice fields of varying heights. So as the series shot in Toronto in March of 2023, a crew flew out to ...

The rice plant health and ecosystems in the paddy fields continually improve. SRI has reached more than 16 percent of the total rice farming population in the northern region of Vietnam—home to most ...

allows water to flow continuously down through successive rice fields (see Build a Rice Paddy). Farmers usually plant rice seed in a seedbed, then transplant young plants into the paddies ...

A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can ...

Rice farmers in Thailand are enlisting these birds, called "field chasing ducks" to eat their way through rice paddies after a harvest. "They help eat golden apple snails and the remains of ...