A groundbreaking study by Chinese scientists may turn this vision into reality, offering significant potential to reduce agricultural costs and promote sustainable development. A research team from ...

Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, farmers grow belts of slender green stalks. Before they reach several feet tall and turn golden ...

a) One of the experimental fields in Kunshan City, China; (b) and (c) comparing yield and grain weight of conventionally grown rice (CK), rice treated with 30% less fertilizer (RF), and rice treated ...

From high-quality rice to fast-growing fish, a world-leading breeding programme, run by researchers in the island province of Hainan, is changing the way food is produced in China. Since China’s ...

A team of scientists has shown that rice paddies in two of China’s most important grain producing regions release soil nitrogen in strikingly different ways, and that these differences can be ...