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 ...

Here’s a type of fusion food you don’t see every day: fluffy, steamed grains of rice, chock-full of beef cells. It sounds Frankenstein. But the hybrid plant-animal concoction didn’t require any ...

a, Traditional labor-intensive (left) and the next-generation mechanized (right) production of F1 hybrid seeds are compared. In a traditional hybrid seed production process, the male sterile line ...

Over 500 rice farmers in the municipality of Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, have received hybrid and inbred rice seeds along with ...

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Philippines is on a path to self-sufficiency in rice production, with hybrid rice genotypes emerging as a critical innovation. As one of the world’s top 10 rice producers ...

BANAYBANAY, Davao Oriental (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) in the Davao region is ramping up its efforts to promote locally-produced hybrid rice seeds as a sustainable solution to improve ...

From lab-grown chicken to cricket-derived protein, scientists have continued to develop innovative meat alternatives to improve the environmental and ethical impacts of industrial agriculture.

Foodies of the future may be dining on beefed-up rice. A new lab-grown meat product merges rice grains with cow cells, scientists report February 14 in Matter. The rice acts as a scaffold that ...

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a, Traditional labor-intensive (left) and the next-generation mechanized (right) production of F1 hybrid seeds are compared. In a traditional hybrid seed production process, the male sterile line ...