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🌾 Exciting news — we're now offering gene editing & transformation services for Leymus chinensis (Chinese Wild Rye)!
✂️ CRISPR knockout
🌱 Agrobacterium transformation
📦 Deliver in 6–8 months

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ASHS webinar March 9 2026

ASHS Webinar - Register now!
2nd webinar in the Plant Innovation Forum (PIF) webinar series
Open Germplasm Resources and Technologies for Researchers and Growers
March 9, 1:00 pm EDT
https://ashs.org/general/custom.asp?page=ASHSWebinars

Rice2035: A decadal vision for rice research and breeding #perspective #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

US research accelerates AI-driven rice breeding to raise yields and target premium grain markets Texas A&M AgriLife Research has launched two rice breeding projects backed by more than $1.1 million in funding, highlighting how... Reed more

Texas A&M AgriLife Research has launched two rice breeding projects backed by more than $1.1 million in funding, highlighting how... Reed more

Research Highlight: Nanocoated bacteria boost foliar nitrogen fixation in rice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Travel grants of up to £500 are available to support attendance at ISRFG 2026 web.cvent.com/event/35bb6d...
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The scheme is open to students and early career professionals (within 5 years of completing full-time education)

🔗 How to apply:
www.aab.org.uk/conferences/...

Protecting Authentic Basmati: UK Enforces Rice Authenticity Standards However, some of these basmati varieties have proven substandard, missing the signature popcorn-like aroma that makes basmati so highly prized.In August an investigation by the Food Standards Agency N...

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Rice gene discovery could cut fertiliser use while protecting yields Researchers from the University of Oxford, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) have finally identified the master

Rice gene discovery could cut fertiliser use while protecting yields. In field trials, rice plants with a natural, improved version of the gene had yield increases of up to 24%

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02...

#riceresearch

Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board Approves $3.08 Million in Funding - Arkansas Department of Agriculture LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board approved $3,080,000 in funding for 34 research projects at its February 25, 2026 meeting. The approved projects will support […]

The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board approved $3 million in funding for 34 research projects across the state.

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#riceresearch #foodsecurity

🌾 Attending ISRFG in London this September?
Travel grants of up to £500 available for students & ECRs (no AAB membership required).

Apply here 👉 www.aab.org.uk/conferences/...

New article alert! AB faculty member Dr. Jan Leach co-authored a global review on rice resistance genes and smarter strategies to fight bacterial blight 🌾🧬

#CSUAgBio #PlantPathology #RiceResearch #Phytopathology

🌾🌽 Maize & Rice Transformation: The Dual Powerhouse. ✅ High efficiency for Indica/Japonica rice varieties. ✅ Robust protocols for Maize inbred lines. One partner, two major crops. Accelerate your functional genomics research today! #CerealCrops #Maize #RiceResearch #PlantTransformation #WimiBiotech

Integrated environmental and economic trade-offs in rice cultivation in emerging economies using a life cycle approach - Discover Environment Rice cultivation, a staple for over 70% of India’s population and a major global export, significantly contributes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, alongside exacerbating water stress and fa...

Rice is a staple for over 70% of India’s population, but it’s also a major source of GHGEs. My paper in Discover Environment (2026) breaks down the environmental and economic trade-offs across four Indian states. 🧵 #SustainableAg #RiceResearch
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🌾 Lab to Leaf: Insights in Plant Biology 🌱
🌍 Rice feeds more than half the world. But did you know that over 90% of it is grown in Asia? Using USDA's Rice Outlook (buff.ly/w9IYfTy) you can have a closer look at the yield production of different countries on the globe.
#LabtoLeaf #Plantscience #Rice

Diagnostic kit for rice blight resistance - Nature Biotechnology Strategic deployment of blight-resistant rice lines is enabled by a molecular diagnostic kit.

🌾 #LabtoLeaf: Not all rice blight is the same.
We created a diagnostic kit that identifies the precise Xoo strain in blight-ridden rice plants. This allows to inform planting strategies and means resistance to be locally matched.
Read more on how it works: buff.ly/KjOoRKJ
#RiceBlight #PlantScience

🌿 Mark your calendar! The premier global meeting for plant scientists returns July 18–22 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

👉Register for #PlantBio2026: plantbiology.aspb.org/registration/.

🌾 ISRFG26 – Call for Abstracts 🌾
The International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 2026 will be held in London at the Royal Society.

🗣 Oral: 15 May 2026
🖼 Poster: 30 June 2026

This is a great opportunity to share your research and connect with the global community

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Register your interest in OryzaNet

OryzaNet is a new BBSRC-funded rice research network launching Spring 2026.

We’re inviting researchers, social scientists, stakeholders & innovators to register interest ahead of launch.

www.oryzanet.com

#RiceResearch #ResearchNetwork #OryzaNet #BBSRC