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China investigates infected rice for cancer
Chinese authorities are investigating three rice mills in Hunan province, central China, after discovering rice produced by these facilities contains cadmium industrial…
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The United States found high levels of lead in Chinese rice
Analysis with imported rice samples into the US, including from China, showed that they contained higher levels of lead than the country's safety standards.
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IRRI successfully developed super-salty rice varieties
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), based in the Philippines, said scientists at the institute have successfully developed super-salt-tolerant rice varieti…
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Preserving rice genes in IRRI
At IRRI, there is a rice bank that holds thousands of different rice genes around the world, including the Hai Hau rice of Hai Hau.
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Looking for rice varieties
A rice variety capable of adapting to all harsh climatic conditions such as drought, flooding, salinity ... is a challenge that is being studied by researchers at the In…
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Bananas will dominate potatoes
Global warming can cause bananas to take the place of potatoes to become essential foods for hundreds of millions of people.
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Published a complete map of the genetic variation of rice
A research team from China and Japan has published a complete map of the gene variants of rice, which supplies food for half of the planet's population.
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The cause of arsenic-contaminated rice
Results from a recent study in Consumer Reports show that inorganic arsenic - still known as carcinogen - is found in more than 60 popular rice products.
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New rice varieties improve productivity for Asia
Scientists have discovered a gene in India's Kasalath wild rice variety that has the potential to increase rice production in poorly nutrient gravel soils.
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Soft rice for the elderly
The new rice was created by the Miao-feng District Agricultural Research Station in central Taiwan. To find it, the station's scientists have been studying for the past…
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Experimental GM rice in China
Greenpeace East Asia - Greenpeace East Asia has accused it, an American-backed study tested rice modified Golden Rice on 24 Chinese children. However, China denied this…
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Human carnivorous plants, from legend to truth
It looks like a giant pineapple tree, over 2.5m high, covered 2 meters wide on the ground. It has a multitude of long, large arms, such as the forearm, twisting, rising.
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Gene helps increase rice yield and quality
First, scientists at the Academy of Social Sciences (China) conducted a study of Pakistan Basmati rice, a well-known world famous rice variety, and found that GW8 gene h…
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Japan has successfully grown a low-absorbing variety of Cadmium
The American Plant Cell magazine recently reported that researchers at Okayama University, Japan, have successfully cultivated a rice variety that hardly absorbs Cadmium…
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Discovering rice varieties that are 'resistant' to climate change
Australian scientists have discovered a wild rice variety that carries genes with good drought tolerance and heat tolerance.