Making Resilient Rice

Making Resilient Rice

Plant and Soil Sciences Raja Reddy checks out the progress of his rice research in the controlled conditions of a greenhouse.
Photo by Megan Bean

July 7, 2020

K. Raja Reddy,聽research professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in 桃花直播鈥檚 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and scientist in the 桃花直播 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, examines rice samples as part of his studies聽on next generation rice seed germination. Reddy and his team are investigating the effects of various climate change factors on rice, an important crop for global food security. Reddy recently was elected president of the 桃花直播 Academy of Sciences.