Tag: rice
How Roots Become Jackhammers
How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration.
For Our Daily Bread, Thank Planetary Fine-Tuning
The existence of progenitor food crops (edible plants) on Earth was a necessary starting point for the availability of our food.
Stifling Food Production to “Save the Planet”
After Sri Lanka’s government restricted non-organic fertilizer use, the economy and government collapsed.