Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop.

Climate change is ruining the rice variety used most often in Japan, creating a conundrum as how to deal with the crisis. ...

Specifically, the report proposes shifting to growing Shinnosuke and other heat-tolerant varieties, although the popular rice variety “Koshihikari” remains the main cultivar grown in the ...

The KRIL37 strain was originally bred by another team in 2010 in an attempt to enhance Koshihikari’s resistance to rice blast fungus 2. Although KRIL37 proved not to be the most promising ...

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Niigata’s Koshihikari rice is the most widely cultivated variety across Japan, prized for its sweet flavour that’s balanced in just the right proportions. “It’s very delicious rice ...

It can take up to 10 years to develop a new variant. Once it’s approved for the market, farmers must then be convinced to ...

Japan’s Niigata prefecture may be less than 90 minutes away from Tokyo via bullet train, but the area, known for producing Japan’s best koshihikari rice and sake, rarely appears on people’s ...

Niigata is known for Japan's best koshihikari rice and sake, but it offers much more. We run the rule over 7 of the best ...

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