After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026
GAINESVILLE, Florida, April 14 -- The University of Florida posted the following news:
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After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
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Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the sweltering, rain-swept Malay and Indochina peninsulas as well as the islands of Southeast Asia. It wasn't until Earth's climate warmed after the last ice . . .
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After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
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Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the sweltering, rain-swept Malay and Indochina peninsulas as well as the islands of Southeast Asia. It wasn't until Earth's climate warmed after the last ice . . .