Rice

The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) is the CGIAR center focused specifically on rice research for Africa.

Bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas oryzae) is one of the most destructive bacterial diseases of cultivated rice.

Flood damage to the rice crop, Bangladesh's staple, and rice price shocks are central to accounts of the 1974 famine.

The Bengal Famine of 1770 followed drought and failure of the rice harvest, Bengal's staple crop.

The brown planthopper is one of the most damaging insect pests of cultivated rice in Asia.

This milestone records the domestication event of the rice crop it is directly named for.

The International Rice Research Institute is the CGIAR center whose founding and continuing mandate is rice research.

Migratory locust swarms have historically devastated rice paddies across East and Southeast Asia.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries administers tariffs and price supports protecting domestic rice production, historically Japan's most politically sensitive agricultural policy area.

Rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) is considered the single most destructive disease of cultivated rice worldwide.

a rice huller removes the husk from harvested rice grain

Rice tungro disease, caused by two viruses transmitted by leafhoppers, is a major cause of yield loss in Asian rice.

The System of Rice Intensification is a rice-specific cultivation methodology, named directly for the crop.

Rice terraces (e.g. the Banaue and Longsheng terraces) are among the most iconic examples of terrace farming worldwide.

Japanese and French requisitioning of rice and diversion of paddy land to other crops are central to accounts of the Vietnamese famine of 1944-1945.