Source: South China Morning Post 12/06/2015 – Mainland scientists claim to have found a way to change the genetic make-up of a popular type of rice, which could require less fertiliser and thus help the environment. Chinese rice, especially the japonica subspecies grown in northern provinces like Heilongjiang province, requires the heavy use of fertilisers…
Goodyear will begin using the silica this year in a consumer tire that will be manufactured in its factory in Pulandian, China, and sold in China.
With the monsoon once again threatening to turn erratic and scanty, one of Bihar’s two chief scientists for rice advises farmers ‘to grow paddy as if it were wheat.’
Farmers in this region grow a wide range of rice varieties including Kaiso, Bukasolo, Super, upland rice and Wita9.
The Thai government may sell most of its stockpiled rice to ethanol and animal-feed producers because it’s no longer fit for human consumption.
Climate change is one reason farmland in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly saline.
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader 02/06/2015 – Dow AgroSciences continues its commitment to the agriculture industry by sponsoring the USA Rice Federation National Rice Month Scholarship Program, expanding the opportunity from students in U.S.-rice producing counties to students in all U.S. rice-producing states. High school graduates in the 2015-16 school year are encouraged to apply for…
The expert said analog rice was a food commodity that looked like normal rice but was made from all kinds of tubers, making it suitable and safe for consumption.
Reports that merchants in a traditional market outside Jakarta had sold synthetic rice caused a panic among Indonesian consumers this week in a country where rice is a staple.
By reducing the rice plant’s height, the gene reduced the incidence of stem collapse prior to harvest and increased the number of tillers per plant, enabling a significant increase in grain yield.
