Many indigenous varieties are disappearing,” she rued. Promoting awareness of ancient rice varieties is key to their resurgence. Sheela said, “The shift towards hybrid varieties has ...

To do so, they used new techniques to carefully cull chloroplast DNA from ancient rice 900-2,800-years-old, which had been excavated from seven archaeological sites in Japan and Korea. Advanced Search ...

A series of advances in biotechnology have paved the way for high-yield rice varieties resistant to blights ... One theory maintains that rice arose in the ancient supercontinent known as Gondwana.

the agricultural industry is increasingly turning toward heat-resistant rice varieties. When rice is exposed to high temperatures during the summer ripening period, its quality deteriorates ...

and if they might have found a solution! Show more How farmers and scientists in eastern India are using ancient rice seeds to fight flooding, increasing soil salinity and drought. The BBC’s ...