In a new study, researchers compared domesticated rice to its wild counterparts to understand the differences in their photosynthetic capabilities. The results can help improve future rice ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as important as the crop itself. A new study reveals that the specific genetic ...

According to a study published in Science, researchers have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an ...

In a study published in Nature Plants, researchers led by Prof. GE Song from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) have demonstrated that Asian rice domestication began ...

Explore the role of domestication genes in rice and their impact on the evolutionary history of Oryza sativa indica and japonica. The Pith: the spread of domestic rice may be a function not of the ...

A new study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvesting, dating to as early as 10,000 years ago. The researchers identified two methods of harvesting ...

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EVERY cook knows there are two main types of rice: the sticky, short-grained stuff used in desserts, sushi and risotto, and the drier, long-grained varieties. Crop scientists call them japonica and ...

Millions of people in Asia are dependent on rice as a food source. Believed to have been domesticated as early as 6000 BCE, rice is an important source of calories globally. In a new study from the ...