Exposure of dehulled, dormant red rice (Oryza sativa) seeds to dormancy-breaking treatments (10 mM sodium nitrite, 20 mM propionic acid, 30 mM methyl propionate, 40 mM propionaldehyde, or 70 mM ...

Time-sequence analyses of carbohydrate breakdown in germinating rice seeds shows that a rapid breakdown of starch reserve in endosperm starts after about 4 days of germination. Although the major ...

A team of scientists from UC Riverside and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines, recently published a study unlocking the secret to just how rice seeds might be able to ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Rice grown for seed rice was the focus of a yearlong investigation by the Arkansas Rice Processing Program using X-ray imaging to determine the impact of higher drying ...

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ (PIA) — Farmers and seed growers can now be assured of receiving genetically pure and true-to-type inbred rice seeds through the DNA-profiling technology of the Philippine Rice ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is set to distribute rice seeds that have been tested with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to local farmers, the latest measure in ...

Scientists have done a study unlocking the secret to just how rice seeds might be able to survive when grown under water. The study identified a gene -- the AG1 gene -- that controls the availability ...