# Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change | MIT Technology Review

> 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.

- Date: 2017-05-04 · published 2017-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10810-reinventing-rice-for-a-world-transformed-by-climate-change-mit-technology-review
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-01-24 | [La Niña: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, January 2025 - Mitigating the expected impacts of La Niña‑induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26407-la-nina-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-january-2025-mitigating-the.md) | -6.2% | -8.4% |
| RICE | 2025-12-05 | [Crop Monitor for Early Warning \| No. 111 - December 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21411-crop-monitor-for-early-warning-no-111-december-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -2.6% | -1.7% |
| RICE | 2017-05-25 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| May Climate Briefing: El Niño Odds Down Slightly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70913-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-may-climate.md) | -0.0% | +0.5% |
| RICE | 2018-12-14 | [YEAREND: Arkansas rice, soybean faced tough weather challenges in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61435-yearend-arkansas-rice-soybean-faced-tough-weather-challenges-in-2018.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| RICE | 2018-05-25 | [Building ENSO-resilient agriculture in East Asia - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64965-building-enso-resilient-agriculture-in-east-asia-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- technologyreview.com: https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/05/04/151986/reinventing-rice-for-a-world-transformed-by-climate-change/

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