How researchers at UC Davis developed a new strain of rice to help farmers in Southeast Asia
Climate change may affect the production of rice as early as 2030, according to a study published this month in the Nature Food journal.
Nov 24, 2021
2 minutes
Climate change is impacting a small but mighty and important grain — rice.
Global rice production will likely be hit by the devastating effects of climate change as early as 2030, according to a recent NASA study.
Among those trying to mitigate the losses of rice — the world's second. Her lab at the University of California Davis studies genes that control resistance to disease and tolerance of environmental stress in food crops.
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