The draft sequence for indica rice, produced by Jun Yu and colleagues, contains 466 million base pairs--3.7 times larger than the only other sequenced plant genome, the mustard plant, Arabidopsis ...

Rice: It’s not just delicious, it’s also the building block of a large percentage of the world’s diet. But rice—and how we finally figured out how to ...

Give rice plants plenty of sun and warmth. It thrives in temperatures between 70°F and 99 F. but some varieties tolerate 60°F. Most garden edibles prefer soil that drains well but rice is just ...