Using these methods to better understand drought resistance in rice will be key to designing better crops, Uga says. The next step for his team is to use these insights and to work with overseas ...

For more than half the world’s population, rice is on the menu every single day. As a crop that can be grown on every continent, we have come to rely on it heavily. But there’s a catch.

Rice is most useful when labor is plentiful ... to grow and needing a skill level of at least 10 to plant, the crop is best ...