Tuesday, 05-05-2026 | 08:21
Direct-seeded rice is of great significance for ensuring food security. The hypoxic conditions under deep sowing impose significant abiotic stress to severely inhibit seed germination and seedling emergence in direct-seeded rice. Improvement of rice tolerance to deep-sowing germination stress is critical for promoting the seedling and grain yield of direct-seeded rice. In this study, we employed 276 rice germplasms to investigate the hypoxic germination (HG)-related traits through genome-wide association study (GWAS).
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Tuesday, 05-05-2026 | 01:18
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF today warned that a deepening hunger crisis in South Sudan is pushing 7.8 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April and July 2026, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. This represents 56 percent of the population - one of the highest levels of acute food insecurity in the world today.
Tuesday, 05-05-2026 | 01:21
Direct-seeded rice is of great significance for ensuring food security. The hypoxic conditions under deep sowing impose significant abiotic stress to severely inhibit seed germination and seedling emergence in direct-seeded rice. Improvement of rice tolerance to deep-sowing germination stress is critical for promoting the seedling and grain yield of direct-seeded rice. In this study, we employed 276 rice germplasms to investigate the hypoxic germination (HG)-related traits through genome-wide association study (GWAS).
Tuesday, 05-05-2026 | 01:20
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new gene editing approach that could enable chickens to produce useful medical proteins in their eggs. The study addresses a long-standing challenge in avian genetics known as epigenetic silencing, where inserted genes gradually turn off over time. The research team aims to overcome this issue by creating stable lines of genetically engineered chickens for medical and agricultural use.




















