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UC Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald is developing rice varieties with genetic traits that help plants survive drought and flooding. Her lab's early greenhouse experiments show engineered plants staying green under water stress while controls wilt.
The work builds on the Sub1 flood-tolerance gene, now used by millions of farmers in Asia.
This is long-term crop research with no immediate effect on rice supply or prices, though broader adoption of stress-tolerant varieties could eventually stabilize yields in flood- and drought-prone regions.
technologyreview.comJames TempleMay 4, 2017After 31 past neutral weather events, Rough Rice moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -2.1% to +2.1%), and -1.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
