Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in hybrid rice breeding with the development of “clonal hybrid rice,” which demonstrates near-100 percent stable cloning efficiency and normal ...

Rice production for 2023 is set to log its largest shortfall in two decades, according to Fitch Solutions. "At the global level, the most evident impact of the global rice deficit has been, and still ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...