Rice production in times of global warming

Researchers at the Universities of Stanford, Tübingen, and Bayreuth predict that harvests of rice, the world's most important staple food, will decline significantly more than previously expected, and that its arsenic content will rise sharply under future climatic conditions. They present the results of their research in the journal "Nature Communication". According to Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich, co-author and head of the Environmental Geochemistry, BayCEER / University of Bayreuth, understanding the absorption routes and conversions of arsenic in rice plants and being able to advise on breeding and agriculture is an important goal of research of the group.