Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly ...

Despite being the primary food for more than half of the world's population, rice cultivation is very resource-intensive, ...

Place the celery root in a medium saucepan, add the milk, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and a grinding or two of pepper, and bring to a boil over moderate heat. Stir in the rice, lower the heat ...

But the fibrous roots are a different story. They are too tough to be eaten as a vegetable. But when freshly harvested, ... (a chewy rice cake made with matcha green tea).

Fibrous: A mop of finer hairs dominates the top 4" to 6" of the root mass. Fibrous roots don’t grow very deep into the soil profile. Coarse or penetrating: These roots grow straight down ...

Sweet cassava roots have less than 50 milligrams (mg) per kilogram of hydrogen cyanide on a fresh weight basis, and the bitter types have up to 400 mg per kilogram.

By removing this gene, called HMGB1, irrigated rice developed longer roots and greater drought tolerance, traits similar to those of upland rice, enabling it to thrive in water-scarce environments ...

On the University of Delaware Farm in Newark, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences faculty and student researchers are investigating nutrients and toxins in rice — a staple crop for nearly half of ...