Li and his team in China set out to find rice plants that could still thrive in hotter temperatures. They planted more than 530 varieties in four locations where nighttime temperatures have increased.

Sequencing of the rice genome not only opens up a vast reservoir of biological information but also promises to benefit the production of cereal crops, which make up about 60 percent of the world's ...

Climate Solutions A gene could be key to growing rice, and feeding billions, in a hotter world. Researchers say they can improve rice harvests and grain quality by essentially turning off a ...