Researchers race to save rice, one of Arkansas’ most valuable crops, from hazards of climate change

ASU team looks for strains that grow on hotter nights

July 5, 2023 at 7:35 a.m.

by Will Langhorne

Rice plants that are turning yellow under heat and drought sway in the breeze in a farm field in this Aug. 21, 2022 file photo. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Rice plants that are turning yellow under heat and drought sway in the breeze in a farm field in this Aug. 21, 2022 file photo. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

JONESBORO -- On the third floor of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, amid rows of glassware and lab equipment, sits a rack of seeds researchers hope contains the secret to sustaining one of Arkansas' most valuable crops.

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