AMES, Iowa -- As a major food source for much of the world, rice is one of the most important plants on earth. Keeping it safe from disease has become, in part, the task of a group of three ...

This breakthrough technology, based on Transformer architecture, offers a solution to challenges in identifying irregular disease patterns and complex backgrounds in rice cultivation. With its promise ...

Bacterial blight (BB) is a serious plant disease that mainly affects rice plants, especially in warm, humid regions. Due to ...

Chinese scientists have identified a new gene that shields rice from a destructive bacterial disease, a breakthrough that ...

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — With most rice fields in Western Visayas now entering their ripening and maturity stages, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has warned of intensifying pest and disease ...

Plant life is subject to the harms of an enormous range of diseases, pests, and other ills—some relatively harmless, and others capable of withering entire crops and destroying whole forests, too.

In a significant step toward sustainable agriculture, the Green Foundation, based in Kwakeithel Thiyam Leikai, Imphal, has released five new high-yielding, multiple disease-resistant rice varieties to ...