rice genetics Content

Genome Editing Used to Create Disease Resistant Rice

Andy Fell — June 15, 2023 - 10:11am

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and an international team of scientists used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease resistant rice plants, according to a new study published in the journal Nature June 14.

Rice Breeding Breakthrough to Feed Billions

Andy Fell — January 10, 2023 - 2:28pm

An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95% efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making high-yielding, disease resistant rice strains available to low-income farmers worldwide. The work was published Dec. 27 in Nature Communications.

$1.7 Million for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Research

Amy M Quinton — November 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has awarded more than $1.7 million to University of California, Davis, researchers to identify genes responsible for drought tolerance in rice and test a new energy-efficient food-drying process.