Researchers Find a Cure for What's Ailing Rice Plants

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 14:01 in Biology & Nature

University of Delaware researchers have found that rice plants can withstand attacks from arsenic in water and soil and a fungal disease called rice blast. They have discovered that a combination of beneficial soil microbes can be applied to the infected plants to boost their natural defenses.

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