Rice serves as the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, but it’s also the one of the largest manmade sources of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

With their warm, waterlogged soils, rice paddies contribute up to 17 percent of global methane emissions, the equivalent of about 100 million tons each year.

Researchers created SUSIBA2 rice by introducing a single gene from barley into common rice, resulting in a plant that can better feed its grains, stems and leaves while starving off methane-producing microbes in the soil.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v523/n7562/full/nature14673.html

Interesting work. Thanks for posting the Nature article.

:)

The_observer said:

Rice serves as the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, but it’s also the one of the largest manmade sources of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

With their warm, waterlogged soils, rice paddies contribute up to 17 percent of global methane emissions, the equivalent of about 100 million tons each year.

Researchers created SUSIBA2 rice by introducing a single gene from barley into common rice, resulting in a plant that can better feed its grains, stems and leaves while starving off methane-producing microbes in the soil.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v523/n7562/full/nature14673.html

Guess that lets the Fossil Fuel Industry off the hook. Good research Observer.

> methane-producing microbes in the soil.

Better known as “nitrogen-fixing bacteria”, essential for the existence of multicellular life on Earth.

The_observer said:

Rice serves as the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, but it’s also the one of the largest manmade sources of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

With their warm, waterlogged soils, rice paddies contribute up to 17 percent of global methane emissions, the equivalent of about 100 million tons each year.

Researchers created SUSIBA2 rice by introducing a single gene from barley into common rice, resulting in a plant that can better feed its grains, stems and leaves while starving off methane-producing microbes in the soil.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v523/n7562/full/nature14673.html

“GM” rice, so how long has General Motors been involved with the food industry?