In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and Louisiana State University, USA, have analysed the differences in the genome of a variety of weedy rice, with that of two cultivated rice varieties. Weedy rice, as the name suggests, is a variety of rice that grows like weed in paddy fields.
Researchers from ICAR-IARI have developed a highly sensitive, field-deployable LAMP assay that identifies the invasive melon fly in under an hour using simple visual colour changes, providing a robust new tool for global biosecurity.