Rice plants and Venus flytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint ...

Chinese scientists have deciphered the genetic basis behind the formation of clustered-spikelet rice, which has been an interest of agricultural science for nearly a century, providing a theoretical ...

Nagoya, Japan - During cultivation of wild cereals such as rice for human agricultural use, a number of domestication-related traits have been selected for over time. These include an upright growth ...

A group of rice researchers in Beijing have decoded the genetic puzzle behind the vexing trade-off between the average size of rice grains and their maximum number on rice ears, paving the way for ...

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have deciphered the genetic basis behind the formation of clustered-spikelet rice, which has been an interest of agricultural science for nearly a ...