Rice with fewer stomata requires less water and is better suited for climate change

Rice with fewer stomata requires less water and is better suited for climate change

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-rice-stomata-requires-climate.html

Much of humanity relies on rice as a food source, but rice cultivation is particularly water intensive—using an estimated 2,500 litres of water per kilogram of rice produced.

However, almost half of the global rice crop derives from rain-fed agricultural systems where drought and high temperatures are predicted to become more frequent and damaging under climate change.