Breakthrough in quest to boost rice yields - environment - 24 May 2010 - New Scientist

Breakthrough in quest to boost rice yields - environment - 24 May 2010 - New Scientist: "If any crop needs an evolutionary boost, it's rice. Nearly half of humanity relies on the stuff, and yields must increase more than 50 per cent by 2050 to feed growing demand, so the discovery of a gene mutation that can bump up yields by a full 10 per cent is exciting news."