Two staples — paddy and wheat — and one cash crop, jute, are the major focus areas of researchers and scientists in Bangladesh due to their importance to food security and the economy. However, state ...

Ahead of harvest season in Hasakeh, the wheat is drying up. — © AFP Ahead of harvest season in Hasakeh, the wheat is drying up. — © AFP In a recent study, Tokyo ...

Rice is a staple food for one-third of the global population and a critical pillar for over 65% of China’s dietary needs. However, rice blast, a fungal disease ...

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to bolster global food security ...

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In some years, rice blast disease destroys more than one quarter of the harvest worldwide. But it's hard to fight with current methods. Researchers have now discovered how the fungus breeches the ...

Kansas State University researcher Barbara Valent and a team of colleagues have been awarded $5.5 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop novel disease control strategies for two ...

Researchers have used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease resistant rice plants, according to a new study. Small-scale field trials in China show that the newly created rice variety ...

Leland, in a plot at the Delta Research and Extension Center in fall 2021, when it was still referred to as RU1604193. (Photo by Ed Redoña) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State researchers are ...

The findings offer a non-invasive and efficient method for early disease detection, crucial for timely intervention and better disease management. Rice is a vital global food staple, contributing ...