Why a mutant rice called Big Grain1 yields such big grains

(Phys.org)—Rice is one of the most important staple crops grown by humans—very possibly the most important in history. With 4.3 billion inhabitants, Asia is home to 60 percent of the world's population, so it's unsurprising that around 90 percent of the world's rice crops are grown on the Earth's largest and most populous continent.

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