Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution

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Mar 25, 2020, 9:00 pm767 ptsInteresting
A new global study reveals the extent to which high-yielding rice varieties favored in the decades since the "Green Revolution" have a propensity to go feral, turning a staple food crop into a weedy scourge.

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