http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/rice?feed=rss spisio's bookmarks tagged "rice" on Netvouz http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/10/scientists-boost-rice-crops-already-impressive-water-resistance/ Even though rice is usually grown in ponds of water called paddies, floods can have a devastating impact on crop yield due to the plants drowning. This threat to farmers could soon change with the discovery of a gene that allows rice to live longer underw spisio Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:52:27 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/22/us-rice-contaminated-with-unapproved-gm-strain-trade-partners-take-action/ Last Friday, U.S. Federal officials announced that a long-grain rice sample tested positive for a genetically modified strain that had not yet been approved for consumption. The modified genes from the strain in question were developed to resist a specifi spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:48:48 GMT