Rice (Oryza sativa L.) occupies 11% of global cropland and serves as a crucial staple food for nearly 50% of the world’s ...

Jia is among the experts who have introduced new land management models aimed at restoring China's black soil. In January, ...

“We’re trying to digitize the agro-ecosystem of rice cultivation,” he explains. “With digitized data, we hope to understand the specific interactions between the plants, microbes and soil.

Harvesters collect rice from black soil paddy fields at a farm in Huachuan, Heilongjiang province, in October. ZHANG GUOJUN/XINHUA A revolutionary land management model is being applied across the ...

Most gardeners will rely on fertiliser to keep their plants healthy and green but a gardening expert has suggested that there ...

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 ...

The Department of Agriculture in Region 2 has strengthened its collaboration with various government agencies to implement ...

The USA Rice Federation tells consumers that there is no reason to be concerned about arsenic in food. Its website states that arsenic is "a naturally occurring element in soil and water" and "all ...