The rice plant and soil microorganisms have a collaborative ... The alternative is to just wet the fields less often, which brings down populations of methanogenic microbes. But that requires ...

Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and ...

Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes ... when it comes to growing rice, as fields are flooded to drown out weeds.

Previous research had suggested that paddy-field soil might contain nitrogen-fixing microbes that can provide rice plants with additional nutrients to support their growth, Shida says.

A recently published article in the journal Weed Science demonstrates just how devasting Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) can be for furrow-irrigated rice production, even in small amounts. The ...

If the weed reaches a rice field, it could twine around the rice plants, causing them to fall and resulting in a drop in the harvest. Alligatorweed was first confirmed in Japan in 1989 ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combating the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security.

"Farmers have ultimately brought 5,09,056 hectares of land under Boro rice cultivation, exceeding the fixed target by 78 hectares, or 0.02 percent," said Agriculturist Md Afzal Hossain.

Another concern, Pastor said, is the mines operating near the areas where rice grows, mainly in northern Minnesota ... such as agricultural fields, sewage treatment plants and acid rain, Pastor said.