{"id":44326,"date":"2021-09-08T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cupblog.bluefusesystems.com\/?p=44326"},"modified":"2021-09-08T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:06:25","slug":"taking-a-deep-dive-into-weedy-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/2021\/09\/08\/taking-a-deep-dive-into-weedy-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Deep-Dive into Weedy Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rice is mainstay of the human diet and is grown in almost every region of the world. Its main competitor is \u201cweedy rice,\u201d a weed similar in size, shape and structure to the crop it infests. Weedy rice can rob vital nutrients from rice crops and cause yield losses of up to 90% \u2013 creating a real threat to food security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/weed-science\/issue\/15BF88104C1216F933003CA44E6982F9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">special edition<\/a> of the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/weed-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weed Science<\/a><\/em> takes a close look at this unwelcome invader and what can be done to reduce its impact. Nearly a dozen articles from scientists around the globe are included. Examples of the topics include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An update on weedy rice in Arkansas<\/li><li>Rice production practices and perceptions of weedy red rice in Taiwan<\/li><li>Weedy rice infestations, diversity and management practices in Brazil<\/li><li>Weedy rice management practices and adoption of Clearfield&#x2122; rice crops in Malaysia<\/li><li>Learnings from 18 years of Clearfield&#x2122; rice adoption in Brazil<\/li><li>Relationship between weedy rice infestation levels and agronomic practices in Italy<\/li><li>The impact of various control strategies on the weedy rice seedbank &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Evolution of herbicide-resistant weedy rice in Malaysia<\/li><li>Perspectives on biological weed control in transplanted rice<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"331\" src=\"http:\/\/cupblog.bluefusesystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Special-Issue-5-Sept-2021-1-420x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Special-Issue-5-Sept-2021-1-420x331.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Special-Issue-5-Sept-2021-1-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Special-Issue-5-Sept-2021-1.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Want to know more? Papers in the special edition are freely available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/weed-science\/issue\/15BF88104C1216F933003CA44E6982F9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> <em>until end of October 2021<\/em>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice is mainstay of the human diet and is grown in almost every region of the world. Its main competitor is \u201cweedy rice,\u201d a weed similar in size, shape and structure to the crop it infests. Weedy rice can rob vital nutrients from rice crops and cause yield losses of up to 90% \u2013 creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":660,"featured_media":44329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[612,19,1],"tags":[8024,5267,1549,9228,6617,2195,2199,2782,9227,2196],"coauthors":[7180],"class_list":["post-44326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-animal-science","category-life-sciences","category-news","tag-herbicide-resistant","tag-invasive-weed","tag-rice","tag-rice-crops","tag-weed-control","tag-weed-science","tag-weed-science-society-of-america","tag-weeds","tag-weedy-rice","tag-wssa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44335,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44326\/revisions\/44335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44326"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}